Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Swatching and Fire !


Not much crafting has gone on for the past few days. Saturday I went through my Ravelry queue to look at cardigan and sweater patterns and to purchase a few.   The goal is to make at least one sweater this year. I never swatch for smaller items but this I needed to swatch for.  I'm not sure which pattern yet but I have chosen the yarns.  It's a good thing I swatched the Elsebeth lavold silky wool because I would need to either go up two needle sizes or to make a larger size with adjustments because of my tight knitting.  The Rowan wool would only need an upsize in needle.  Sometimes swatching feels like a waste of time but it paid off especially with the Silky Wool.


Elsebeth lavold silky wool 



  Rowan Super Fine DK.


What ate up most of  my weekend...



Borrowed from a friend who was gracious enough to let me read it before her.  This book is Fire🔥🔥🔥!!!  It was released this March 10, 2019.  Many of my Goodread friends were talking about it and waiting for it' realease.  I was going to preorder it but after reading Mr. Swanson' s review from his last book (which wasn't that good) I was going to pass.  So without guilt I put my Al Roker down for a bit and picked up Mr. Swanson.  The story drew me in and I couldn't stop reading.  It had me hook, line and sinker.  Sure it's only about 350 pages but I haven't finished a book in three days in decades.  Not since my 30s or 40s have I done this.   Getting back to the old me !

Happy Knitting,  Reading and Crafting to You!

Carry on !










4 comments:

Dee said...

I think the stitch definition is better with the Silky Wool and I love the brighter color.

Two Cables and a Frapp said...
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Two Cables and a Frapp said...

Thank You Dee. I agree.

karen said...

Love the silky wool and the way it drapes :) I started a sweater and I bet it's going to take a while to get it finished when the weather gets warmer.