Me Made Week 3

 

Posting late this week.  My work schedule got re-arranged due to the long weekend (I do final edits on the work computer~shhhh!).   That's okay though because it gave me a chance to retake my photos.  The originals were crap.  The weather last week was grim and dreary and it showed in the photos (poor lighting and poor attitude on part of the photographer).

That said, I did get to wear this great hoodie.  It's a lovely snuggly thing, perfect for the shopping trip we needed to make in the middle of  a downpour.  Spring rain is cold! I either didn't make any notes on this project or they're a casualty of the massive attempt at getting rid of "stuff" that happened during the last move.  It got kinda crazy and I'm pretty sure I got rid of things I would rather have kept (and kept stuff I should have gotten rid of).  Never make decisions like that in a flat out panic.  The pattern I know is Knitting Pure & Simple's Neck Down Hooded Tunic for Women.  The best part of this pattern?  A hood that's functional, see:

 

I don't know why women's clothing manufacturers always want to make things like hoods and pockets "decorative".   If  my garment has such, I want to be able to use it, TYVM!    The yarn is, at the moment, a mystery.  I can't remember the company name for love nor money.  I do remember  that the yarn was a wool/silk blend, worsted weight and the company was naming their colour ways after famous women.  Besides that, I got nothing.   The rest of the outfit is just boring black RTW top and capris.                                                                                           

As for my other two goals, I have made a bit of progress.  We're moving into warmer weather (sorta, maybe, a bit) so I've been going through my summer stuff and I've come to a realization.  I have some decent things in terms of pants, skirts and capris but, I'm lacking decent tops.  Most of what I have are (increasingly ratty) RTW t-shirts and blouses. In typical fashion for me, I immediately (over) reacted, chose 4 summer weight/style  top patterns, went stash hunting and found yarn for all four (okay, originally there were 5 pattern/yarn combinations chosen, but a sanity {ha!} check had one rejected as it was just not going to work as a summer top).


Then I set to swatching (why is the tag line "one of these things is not like the others" running though my head?).  I couldn't get a good colour rendition on these.  They're all a bit more green that what it looks like (well except for that one on the upper right).  Only one I got gauge on was the lower left.  It will be the Loop Pullover from Knitscene Spring 2013.  Other might or might not go ahead depending on the results from more swatching.

Now I just need to see about my goal of finishing up 3 projects.  Guess that's the plan for this weekend.  We'll see.

Until next week, happy making.

Liza