Unst
The 1st Unst is Off the Needles! Of course it doesn't look like it here...this was yesterday morning's picture. I finished the toe while watching You've Got Mail yesterday afternoon. I haven't started Sock #2 yet because I started something else...
The Christmas Stocking
This is what it looked like when I brought it home from Zandy's Yarn Shop yesterday (where, btw, I haven't visited in ages! It was nice to see Zandy and feel those lovely sock yarns with jojoba and aloe!). Back to the sock - its going to be red with a white toe and heel and white i-cord along an 8-pointed cuff. Also, there will be embellishments in the form of forest green holly leaves adorning the side. I originally set out to find some Lion Chenille at JoAnn but all they carry is Thick N Quick which is no good for my project. So then I figured maybe some Lion Suede...dang, also bulky. I need worsted weight for this. The design was done by Nicky Epstein (hence the embellishments) and it specifically says Lion Chenille. Even Lion doesn't have the Ivory color available online, or anything else that approaches white, cream or beige. So I stopped in at Zandy's to see if she had Crystal Palace chenille in any colors that might approach red and forest green...but I guess I'm a little early in the season to expect holiday colors. Its still summer in the yarn shoppes. I decided to stop trying so hard and instead of chenille, I'm going to try to do it with Cascade 220. We'll see how this goes. I've knitted 5 of the 8 points for the cuff. My big push for getting this started now is that I've joined that Red-Sock-Knitalong you see...Also OTN...The Monthly Dishcloth
I've also got 14 rows of the September Monthly Dishcloth knitted....and I have to do today's rows yet. I have no idea what it is going to look like yet. It will be some sort of Autumn/September theme...and it has a nice seed stitch border and I'm knitting it in red. That's all I know for sure at this point. I'd have a picture here for you to see but blogger is being mysterious about where the hell the picture is after uploading...it certainly isn't to the right where I told it to put it. Grrr. Ah, well.
Lastly, I'm playing with the Noro Silk Garden Lite and turning it ever-so-slowly into the Shoalwater Shawl. And I coulda used a shawl at the movies this afternoon!
At the Movies
Chris and I went to see The Illusionist today with Edward Norton. I had no idea what the film was going to be about. Actually, I thought we were going to see the remake of the horror, The Wickerman but Chris decided that we had to see The Illusionist instead. And I'm glad we diverted to this one. What a great relief NOT to be presented with yet another remake, repeat, rehash of something from the sixties, seventies or eighties! Paul Giamatti gave a very good performance as Chief Inspector Uhl and Edward Norton with a goattee...yummy. My god, even Paul Giamatti looks good in one! If you like period films and you're tired of the normal Hollywood fare...check out this film. You might be pleasantly mesmerized and entertained with a very good story.
3 comments:
The Cascade 220 colors are so pretty. It will be very pretty for the Christmas Sock.
Which book from Nicky Epstein that has that Christmas Sock?
I can't wait to see the finished monthly dishcloth.
I downloaded this Christmas Stocking pattern from the internet about a year ago...maybe a year and a half? It was online with a bunch of patterns that were posted "for a limited time only" and so I went thru and picked out some that I liked. Its just been sitting on my HD since then. I'll bring it along to SnB on Wednesday.
Can't wait to see the Christmas Stockings!! Love that yarn!!
Post a Comment