I don't think I've showed you this FO yet, as I have been pretty lax about blogging my knitting projects, in favor of German buildings and girls.
Here is Flora from Knitty (Fall '05). I knit her in a yummy silk/alpaca/merino blend called Terra made by the Fibre Co. in Maine. They don't seem to have a website, but if you want to see more of this yarn, they have it at Purl.
I used a cool green vintage-look button I found at my favorite fabric store, Stonemountain and Daughter, and it took about a skein and a half of the yarn (~150 yards).
I was hoping this would be a one-skein wonder project, but the flower took more yarn than I had anticipated. If the yarn you use comes in a slightly bigger skein, you'd be totally fine with one.
This was a quick knit, probably took me two evenings of Law and Order to make, and it looks pretty cool, don'tcha think?
I think if I did it again, I would make the flower a different color, or at least the twisted loops (meant to be stamens, perhaps?), because it doesn't stand out very well. I also need to take the button off and reposition it, because it's too loose on my neck. Otherwise, I would definitely recommend this pattern, as it is quick and easy and oh so cute.
In school news, I am working on yet another paper. Yes, it is 10:37pm and I only have a page (out of 6-8) written, and it's due in the morning. I am so sick of writing papers! I can't wait for summer vacation. All I wanna do is knit and watch TV, and maybe have a barbecue once in a while.
OK, enough whining, time to crank out the paper. At least I've already read the book!
how about an occasional bbq on the peninsula - or at the beach?
beautiful scarf, i can't believe i haven't seen that one in person.
(note to self - gotta start knitting again). um, did you see the cool thing I did with crochet though?
Posted by: celeste | April 16, 2007 at 11:34 AM