unknown yet

I got the yarn and a vague idea of what I wanted. As I knit this new jacket, new ideas come to my mind about the final shape, the kind of sleeves to knit, and so on.

I got the yarn at the same place of the pale yellow one in a previous post. Using this kind of stitch, the knitted cloth is very light and soft, very nice. I'm using 2,5mm knitting needles. I now prefer to use thinner needles....maybe since the result looks more elegant, and rather spring/summer-like. However, using a bigger-gauged needles with thin yarns has also very interesting results....looking a bit like Haapsalu shawls.

this is not a skein

THIS IS A VEST-TO-BE.



~~какой красивый жилет!~~

haven't I said that I like yellow?

At some 0,60 euro shop (multiprice, not a Chinese bazaar) I found some beautiful yellow yarn (caricias bebé, from servimex). The colour looks a bit different in the picture but anyway, there are more pictures to come. Each yarn ball (50g) was 0,75 euro, and the texture is very nice and soft. I'm usign 2,5mm needles. The stitch pattern I'm using is not difficult (to me, now that I got used to knitting) but like all lace-knitting patterns, it's easy to make a mistake when counting.

The PLAN: lace knitted long-sleeved jacket.

grey or silver, shiny summer

Sometimes I just do some windows shopping or have a look at the clothes at shops, to see if I find good inspiration for some knitting project. I once liked some kind of bolero I saw at Pull&Bear (Inditex). I tried it on (i didn't really like the colour) and decided to knit something based on its pattern. Instead of knitting just one peace, I knitted 2 rectangular pieces and then sewn it together following the original idea. I also decided to knit one of the edges differently (unlike the bolero I saw at the shop).

I got the yarn (I guess it's acrylic but it looks and feels very silky) at the local street market (thursdays). I used for the shoulders' part 4,5mm needles and for the back 3,5mm needles. The different gauge, as well as the different direction of the stitches makes a beautiful and interesting contrast.