Almost two weeks since I last posted? How is that possible? I shot a couple of photos, but didn’t post them. I mentioned (and posted pix of) a baby sweater I’ve been designing for use in a finishing class. The yarn I was testing with was this horrible old, hard, scratchy acrylic. So I bought something yummy and redid it in that, which necessitated re-writing a lot since the gauge was completely different. Still, it came out fine. (The horrible old, hard, scratchy acrylic will be perfect for tying skeins before dyeing. See, everything has its use!)

Here are the photos I shot a week ago. The back and fronts of a very small sweater, plus a ball of the yarn used (in a different color; gotta knit this again for use in the class):

The pins are for counting rows (I put one every 10 rows), so I can make sure the front and backs match. Closeup of the yarn label:

Well, the sweater’s finished. Bought buttons, sewed ‘em on and everything. Here she is:

And just for laughs, here’s the pattern: Preemie Baby Sweater (3 pages, 184K)

So that’s done. Still haven’t gotten feedback from the yarn store that has my proposals. But she doesn’t have this pattern yet, either. I’ll email it to her, but she’s one of those people who need you to call them and tell them you sent them an email. Too late today, store’s closed; I’ll call her Monday (but I’ll email it tonight).

In Other News

I was a knitster in a “Knitty Gritty” episode shot yesterday! I have no idea when it will air, but it’s the show with Shannita, who designed a Rasta Hat. There’s a multi-colored sweater hanging on the wall at the back of the set that’s mine, I designed and knitted it two years ago, and brought it with me as one of several choices of things to wear on camera. I came in wearing a store-bought red sweater, which they said was too bright. So I thought I’d change into that sweater. But before I could put it on, someone had snagged it for the set! (Wore a different sweater, also of my own design, instead.) There’s a quick shot of it right at the very end of the show (if they don’t cut it).

I wound some hand-dyed laceweight yarn into balls today. It got slightly felted during dyeing, so I had to wind slowly. I actually snapped it toward the end of the second ball; so I have one big ball, one not-quite-as-big ball, and one really small ball. Didn’t think to snap pix, but I will tomorrow. Need daylight. The light in here at night is atrocious and the photos need hours of color correction; not worth it.

So now I think I can actually get to the Peruvian alpaca sweater I want to design. Swatching begins tonight! Stay tuned.