Vaycay
Hello! It is so Friday, and I am in serious need of a weekend. Rob and I are off to the Robparents for some serious R+R in… New Jersey. Woo. Gifting of the shawl will occur, and I’m hoping for a jaunt into NYC if we can spare the time. Rob asked me what I wanted to do in the city if we do go, and I had a list already prepared. Now, Purl or Habu? Decisions, decisions. Habu is pretty cool, but I’m not supposed to be buying yarn, remember? Fabric is fair game, though.
There will be plenty of hanging out and car trip time this weekend, so I’m bringing all sorts of crafty goodness.
Petal! I have two sleeves and two bottom borders complete, and I’ve started the back. I may leave this home to motivate myself to work on other projects.
I really, really need to bust a move on the Sockpalooza socks. T-minus 32 days, and I haven’t even started them yet. The swatch is a modified stitch pattern from a japanese craft book, but I need to add about 4 more stitches per pattern repeat to make it doable. This swatch was truly a labor of love - every traveling stitch and double decrease was worked on the wrong side.
I have confirmed that the sock yarn doesn’t bleed - it’s Tess (just like the bleedy laceweight), a prize from Jess for winning her blog contest, yay!
Remember the Counterpane Clutch? Ugh, neither did I. This thing has been sitting around since August. At some point I grafted the bottom together (I had started with a provisional CO to avoid a seam), but the rest was unfinished. I picked it up about a month ago and made what you see here. You see how the zipper is pinned to a separate lining? That was version 1.0, which was about an inch too narrow. Practice makes perfect, right? All I need to do is hand-sew the thing together and I’ll be done.
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I need to start on my Sockapalooza socks too, ack!! I love, love, love the awatch you’ve made, it’s v. beautiful. *And* your counterpane bag…also beautiful!! Have a good vacay. =)
Those socks are going to be incredible. Every traveller and decrease on the wrong side? Sounds formidable to tranform into “in the round.” Best of luck. :-)
You’ll be in NJ?! Oh, I would have loved to have met up with you - maybe even at Purl or Habu. . .
Unfortunately, we are heading out on vacation ourselves tomorrow AM. :(
That blue swatch is gorgeous - both the color and the stitch pattern! It will make an incredible pair of socks! I hope you’ll consider sharing the pattern with us when you are finished.
Enjoy all of that car knitting, and have a great trip!
Love that swatch! Have a good weekend.
I got to finish my sockapalooza socks! I always have SSS. Have a great vacation - can you go to the beach?
Petal is looking great! I’m awed at all that work for the counterpane bag. I want to tackle making purse linings someday - but I know nothing about sewing or fabric so it’s fairly daunting. It’s going to be lovely!
oooh - that sock swatch is beautiful! I have to get me one of those japanese stitch pattern books one of these days!
have a relaxing weekend - you deserve it!
Love that sock swatch. Ignore me if I’m wrong, but I’m guessing you want four pattern repeats around the sock? And you need to add four stitches per repeat… but if I counted correctly it’s a 16-stitch repeat… so why not just do five repeats? It may make dividing for the foot a little more challenging, but at least you don’t have to spend a lot of time figuring out how to incorporate extra stitches, right?
Hmmm, 80 stitches sounds like an awful lot, though…
All of those pics look great, esp. the sock swatch. Wow!
I always like the look of the counterpane bag, nice to see yours coming together.
1. Petal looks soooo pretty! i love that ribbing and the purls-substitution turned out beautiful!
2. the swatch is very nice and the colorway is so yum!
3. CUTE Clutch!!! i cannot wait to see the FO! what a cute handknit to show off to your friends who will definitely say, Oh can you make me one? and you can say (with some sass) NO! but i can show you how to make your own! :o)heehee!
4. have a GREAT TRIP! and I vote for PURL bc then you can get fabric at PP! multitasking at it’s best! :o)
Those socks are going to be amazing!! Damn, I hope I’m your pal.
GOD Petal is looking gorgeous! Could all of your tiny purple stitches look any more perfect? No, they could not. But they could certainly lure me into thinking I need a Petal of my own.
These all look gorgeous. I particularly can’t wait to see the Counterpane clutch - it looks beautiful. and Petal is going to be amazing too.
I can’t wait to see those clasps you spoke of, I’m sure they will realy set off the striking blue!
Oh, I have fallen in love with your Counterpane Clutch!
Is there any chance of me finding out where the pattern came from?
Would the name “counterpane” refer to a pattern that has been adapted from an edging to a purse, by any chance?
Janey
janeyknitting AT yahoo DOT ca
I was semi-drooling over the socks but seeing the clutch was overwhelming. I definitely want it!