South Cape ready for winter

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

Collared

The Christiane Collar by Ditte Larsen from issue 7, Winter 2007. The yarn is a wool/acrylic blend recycled from a hand-knitted jumper bought in an op-shop. I love the colour and the felty bits. The wooden beads I had at home but the leather lacing was purchased especially.

The second lot of 32 rows x 260 stitches of garter stitch was rather wearing but I'm happy with the finished product. It took a little under 250g. This would look wonderful in a variegated yarn, or even a faux fur if you were that way inclined.