What are you working on?

Thanks Jane. I use one on my left forefinger just for that reason. My hands just get tired because it's double-knit. So I do one row, set it down and then a while later I do another.

Oh.. and also, don't forget you can take Ibuprofen or whatever anti-inflammatory or OTC pain med (e.g. Tylenol) that you use in a preventive way... take it 1/2 hour before you sit down to knit.

JaneB

thanks Jane, I'll try that tomorrow before I start.

Thanks for site. That does look like a lovely sweater (wish I had the figure to go with it). I'll be back at that site when I need more options.

Tara

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yeah, i saw them online & wanted to make them, then i took Boo (age 4.5) up to the store on one of his school breaks & he found the kit. Awwwwww! Mummy! Kitties! Can you make me a kitty? he chose the white kitty kit, but the black kitty is identical & there's enough of the multicolor yarn for both outfits. i just need to get a skein of black yarn... unless anyone knows a good marmalade color yarn? (i could random dye a white skein, i bet) BTW, we have a white deaf cat that is Boo's best buddy, so the toy cat will have one blue & one yellow eye, just like Faucet. lee

We used to have a white deaf cat, Boris. (Guess that's common, recessive genes, etc.) A problem was the children would rush into the room after school to find him and hug him and he'd be sleeping and not hear them approach and YIKES! He'd jump when they touched him. So we got accustomed to coming in the house stomping our feet so he'd know we were home. If we brought company home with us, how they'd stare when we'd open the back door and proceed to stomp in. And of course, he'd awake and come to us, happy to have the children home, happy for the hugs he was abut to get.)

Thanks for the memory.

JaneB

I just finished the Tempting sweater from the Winter2004 knitty.com --that was fun to do, and a great sweater.

Still working on a super-fringed, t-style blouise from a book called "Simply Brilliant Knits" that is knitted with a doublestrand of bright red Binaro ribbon yarn, and then fringed every six rows by working five stitches, leaving a four inch tail and then cutting the yarn, and then attaching another doublestrand of Binario leaving another four inch tail. So with all that cutting and tying, it is a do-or-die garment, no frogging possible! And it's VERY heavy! I've been working on it as long as I can remember, and am ready to work the neckline as soon as my LYS gets more Binario in, I'm two balls short. The worst part is that I started it so long ago, that I suspect when I finish it, it will be too small for me.

And went to a sheep and wool exhibition at a nearby county fairgrounds yesterday, and picked up an 8 ounce hank of undyed Suri alpaca, that I haven't a clue what I'm going to do with yet (any ideas?). It's in the most beautiful, shade of carmel brown, and SO soft. I don't know what the yardage is, but I'm guessing, from others that were being sold that were similar, somewhere in the area of 500 to 700 yards.

And from the Knitters Magazine, PONCHOS AND WRAPS book, finished one waterfall scarf out of LaBoheme, and I currently have another going using one strand of silk and one strand of Gatsby Lux, a thin glittery carryalong.

And that's about it for now.

Karen in MN

I found one.

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Karen, the tempting sweater is so nice! I think my daughter would love it, it is a bit too young for me, I feel!

It sound very special, you HAVE to finish it to see the result!

Alpaca is so soft to knit with ..and so light weighted! If you knit this, just AFTER the Binaro blouse, I think you will feel your needles are flying!

You are indeed clever! :-)) AUD ;-)

Oooh, pretty! Kind of looks like squares and triangles joined together... yes?

Gemini

It seems to me that I had a pattern something like that for a baby's knitted ball too at one time. I think that was in one of those Beehive books.

Gemini

I just had a closer look (sent the picture to myself and zoomed in for a close look) at the variegated poncho directly across from the Origami Sweater. Could someone direct me to a pattern like that one too. I like the raised rib in the center. Someone my mom used to know years ago made an afghan that looked something like that... with the raised rib(s) in it, I mean... but I never found a pattern in any of my books and the lady passed away years ago.

Gemini

I did a round cushion cover years ago, which used the same technique, but I have no idea where the pattern is. However, it IS available!

Katherine

Very close! Part of the folding happens on the sleeves and part on the body. Just wonderfully clever!

Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist

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Very interesting sweater. I don't think I've seen anything like it elsewhere. I'd like to know how it is to wear when you are finished. Some folded knitted pieces take on a life of their own.

This week I am going on a trip, and I will be working a bit more on my counterpane. I haven't really worked on it since Xmas, which was the last time I took a long car ride. I still have a dozen squares from that trip to sew together - not my favorite part I guess.

Dora

Let's see.............. now that I've finished the neverending shawl, I'm almost finished a short sleeved summer top in a thick'n thin yarn of 100% cotton. It's quite lightweight so should be fine for summer. It's bright red with a couple of dark blue stripes on the sleeve and neckline.

I've also just frogged a sweater that was almost complete because I ran out of yarn - I was using it double strand. So, I'm starting it over with smaller needles and single strand - and I've almost finished the back already. It is lovely yarn - 75% wool, 25% acrylic, very soft and in wonderful variegated fall colours. It is fairly long in the body - mid thigh, with a hood. The front will have toggle buttons. It is a Noro pattern, but not Noro yarn.

I have finished knitting another tote bag, but still need to line it, so it's still a WIP. I have some lightweight cotton yarn that I'm thinking of using for some summer socks.

I'm not starting anything else until I completely finish the above projects. (smile). I can't believe it's only 5 weeks until I go to the knitting camp in Colorado again this year. I'm really looking forward to it, and will issue a report when I get back.

Shelagh

You lucky devil! Knitting camp! I remember you telling us about it before. How long is it?

Katherine

I'm flying to Denver on Monday June 13, and home on Sunday June 19. The actual camp is from the Wednesday to Saturday. My knitting pal & I are coming in early, since we plan to go to Boulder for Tuesday - the whole day, just poking around in shops, sipping wine, having lunch..... on the Saturday we will drive up the Fibre Festival at Estes Park, and I'm really looking forward to that.

It's been raining here for 3 days straight and everything is soggy. We did not need it and the ground squishes when you walk on it, and the water is pooling up since the ground is saturated there's nowhere for it to go. I hope the weather is better in Colorado.

Shelagh

Colorado sounds heavenly! I know you will have a great time, and I am not one bit envious. Really, I'm not! But, you know, you had better be careful with your needles - those points are very sharp.

Katherine