Print O the Wave - FINISHED!

Needles: 3.75mm Rosewood Circulars. Truly a dream to knit with.
Yarn: Kid silk haze, 5 whole balls. Well, I have 3/4 a ball left over, very frustrating, I think if I did it again I'd probably make it a slightly tighter gauge which would keep it to 4 balls.
Pattern: Print O the Wave Stole from Eunny. It has mistakes, it's not especially well written. I really think she should go over this pattern again. It'd take her 5 minutes to fix and re-upload. As a free pattern on a blog, it's fine (though I'd expect an et cetera), but there are too many problems for it to be a decent calling card for the editor of Interweave. Still, the finished piece was nice enough. We gave it to Marcus' Gran this weekend (for her 80th birthday) - he was right, the colour really does bring out her eyes.

EDIT: Mistakes are as Eunny posted in knitter's review (see comments on this post). I did the two panels, but if I did it again I'd do just one. I actually think it'd look nicer.

resurfacing

I've not died. Or given up knitting. I've just been busy. I've had marking, lecturer training, seminars to go to, a seminar to write, a chapter draft to finish and things to do for a conference I'm organising.

But now, at last, I have a day off. The marking is done. The chapter draft isn't, but it's at a stage where it needs to be left for a day. I have coffee, I have porridge. I have a vintage Dr Who DVD and it's a lovely sunny day so I think I'll go for a bit of a walk up to the Horniman.

And the knitting? I have been doing some, but it's still at that dull WIP stage. This big pile of fluff is the edging for the print o'wave stole.


And this? This is a hint of a Cheshire Cat. First one done, second is a good 1/8th of the way in. I'm going to change the ears and tail slightly for the second sock (and final pattern) but it'll do.

wanna see?

You have to love BST. Enough light to take photos after work. Admittedly I came home a bit early this afternoon, but lo, the light!

Wanna see some WIPs?

A Print O' The Wave stole in kid silk haze. Marcus and I spent ages choosing the colour, and decided this shade had just the foam-sea quality. The really amazing thing to see here though are the needles - part of my storytellers prize. These needles are amazing - smooth but not slippery. They could turn me into a serious needle snob.

And here's the start of the storyteller's project itself. I've re-knit this several times... but I want the cat's tail to be perfect.


Right, I'm off to a Science Literature conference tomorrow and have a slide show to finish.