It's still really hot here but there's been some fall knitting.
This is the Tartan scarf, from the latest Rowan. KSH is used throughout, doubling with the Tapestry yarn (a very generous gift from Erin) for the vertical stripes, and in parts tripled stranded with a variegated Japanese yarn for the horizontal stripes. I hope that doesn't sound complicated. It is however, non-portable with all those balls of yarn being worked together and there are quite a few ends to reckon with.
The one thing I really wanted to knit for myself this fall was a coat. I took a loooong time deciding on the pattern and yarn and color and finally settled on Flicca, and knit it in Jaeger Extrafine Merino Chunky, which is a dream to knit. The gauge is a bit off (my yarn is thinner than the one called for), so I knit the third size to aim for the smallest size measurements, and in one piece. That worked well until I tried it on. The 1 x 1 ribbing of the raglan sleeve stretched like crazy around the shoulder (darn stretchy yarn) compared to all the other 1 x 1 ribbing on the body, probably from the weight of the beast (at this stage 24 balls of yarn have been knit up). Bummed, I 've been letting this thing sit for the past ten days and ignoring it. I'm trying to think of ways to salvage it by just changing the top part, maybe to st st or the 2 x 1 ribbing of the middle section, but my brain is just not up to it right now, so let's look at new yarn.
Did I ever mention I have a hard time choosing colors? I'm glad I got all of the Regia Kaffe Fassett sock colors this time because the 'iffy' ones are much better in person than on the screen. One of the colors has been spoken for by L and two others are definitely for me (surprise, not the red one). Time for some socks, methinks!
