Well, this year I'm really sttttrechinnng my horizons with knitting. I've decided to do my first Fair Isle sweater this year. I've gotten a pretty good start on it, now if those socks would stop jumping on my needles in the meantime...I'm working the Luna Jumper pattern from The Art of Fair Isle Knitting. I'm using a fingering weight merino that I dyed to match the colors that were used in the pattern. There was a bit of a learning curve dyeing this wool compared to the superwash merino I'd done before. The superwash really grabs the color a lot more than the regular wool does.
I'm also working on a pair of Monkey socks by Cookie A. for the January KAL going on at Sock Knitters Anonymous on Ravelry. I have to have them finished before the end of February to qualify for the drawing. I'm starting on the toe of the first sock, so I have some real knitting to do!
Do you plan projects way in advance, or is it just me? I'm hankering to do some lace this year too. I've already picked out a beautiful pattern I like and I'm working on figuring out the errata and how to get started with a shawl pattern.
I've also planned an Aran sweater sometime in the near future for my husband. Then there's my lovely Shetland lamb's wool yarn that I just back from Spinderella's that is queued for an Oregon Fair Isle cardigan pattern by Alice Starmore. Geesh....so much knitting and to little time! Until next time, keep the needles clicking!
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Your Fair Isle knitting is gorgeous! Aren't you hooked yet? Once I started Fair Isle that was about it for me. I do love sock knitting, for all the magic in the shaping..but they can be fair isle too!
Found you looking for info on drum carding shetland. How do you like yours?
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