The end of February is here already and am happy to report the spinning, knitting and seaming portion of my South Cape is complete. I still need to find a suitable fastener/button.
The knitting portion was quicker than I expected and the changes in texture always kept it interesting, even in 40+ degree heat.
The yarn is my own handspun from a coated, greasy Romney/EL/MerinoX fleece, I had five skeins made before starting the knitting and since it was slightly thicker than the pattern called for I went up 0.5mm needle size on both sizes and the finished product is the perfect size for me. (I had to spin up another four skeins as I was knitting).
Not the greatest photo of the finished product unfortunately (I couldn't get the self timer to take an in-focus modelled shot) but it is reasonably close to accurate colour.
And here is a gratutious texture shot, taken inside so colour is way off.
Now off to decide which smaller project to work on next while waiting for Yarn 9. Let's see if I can get another entry up before then.
Lou
5 comments:
Oh Lou, it's just lovely. That's a lot of spinning in the grease in summer, not to mention the knitting. I'm sure you'll be glad of it come winter, though.
Wow - definitely a back-to-back effort. I love the detail of the pattern up close - beautiful texture. And the drape is really gorgeous. Definitely a good spinning job or it wouldn't sit nearly was well. Big gold stars : )
Looks lovely - hope that you find the perfect button to finish it off - I think i would go for something wooden...
Beautiful. As the other South Cape handspinner, I am so glad to see it can be done. I, um, am not done. Close!
Good job, and enjoy the button hunt.
WooHOO! It looks great. Well done!
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