{"id":4374,"date":"2021-07-11T12:08:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T19:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annetarsia.com\/?p=4374"},"modified":"2021-07-11T12:08:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T19:08:05","slug":"love-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2021\/07\/love-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Note"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, my love for Bill is undimmed after 36+ years, but this post is about, OF COURSE, a knitting pattern.\u00a0 Love Note <\/a>\u00a0(designed by Tin Can Knits) is a pattern that has consistently been on the Hot Right Now Ravelry list for years now.\u00a0 I have consistently ignored it because the large lace pattern over the bust and the sort of frumpy loose mohair fabric did absolutely nothing for me.\u00a0 A few of my friends have knit it and raved about it, and that made me look again.\u00a0 But when I did I just didn’t see the appeal and continued resisting.\u00a0 While I was recuperating at home, another friend brought it to my attention again.\u00a0 Having finished my Gramercy Park adventure I was at loose ends.\u00a0 I’m not teaching this month and nothing pressing on my To Be Knit list.\u00a0 So WTH, I bought the pattern and went into my stash to see what could be sacrificed for this gamble.\u00a0 I have a pretty good stash of silk\/kid mohair and Lord knows I have more sock yarn than I will ever be able to work up.\u00a0 For my size I need 750 yds of each yarn . I had lots of options and choosing yarn almost took more time than knitting the sweater.\u00a0 I grabbed some self-striping Claudia Handpaints in dark greens and browns, and Rowan Kid Silk Haze in Green.\u00a0 The ribbing is size 7 and the body needle is size 10, and this sucker knits up FAST.\u00a0 Great mindless knitting, it knit up in a weekend.\u00a0 That wasn’t long enough\/ I didn’t have anything else lined up to knit, so what was there to do but go back into the stash and find yarn for another one?\u00a0 This time, the sock yarn was something I bought at the first Sock Summit, Sanguine Gryphon “Mithril” in pale blue, and matching Kid Silk Haze.\u00a0 This sweater ended up being slightly longer in the body as I used up all of the sock yarn.\u00a0 I think the Mithril skein was more than 750 yards!<\/p>\n

This morning I threw both sweaters into a warm bath. They are now “blocking” in the warm sunshine.\u00a0 No pins, as the fabric you get with sock weight and size 10 needles is going to do what it’s going to do. That’s part of the charm.\u00a0 The bath gave the fibers the chance for the stitches to even out, and the sweaters look beautiful.<\/p>\n

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I could keep knitting this sweater over and over, but it’s time to think about knitting something else!\u00a0 There was a Romi Hill MKAL for a shawl a few months ago.\u00a0 I might look that up and give it a go.\u00a0 Romi is a great designer, and following a complex lace chart sounds like fun….stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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