thank you for all the sweet well wishes for our anniversary. we celebrated the evening gastronomically at a local seafood restaurant, ocean. this is a wonderful place to dine if you ever come to birmingham and visit. but of course, i will need to show you all the lovely local yarn shops first.
and, i can not take credit for eunny's sweater, so please send all your admirations of this sweater to her. she is making a felted bag at this moment and that is looking rather stunning!
pattern book and some japanese goodies. they were all good!
at the end of the day, i do knit! though the past few posts did seem like that i am just a happy recipient of other people's craft. having said that, i did received the pattern book for klaralund from
mari. she also sent some japanese goodies and origami paper (thank you, mari)! whoo hoo. it has been so long since i played with origami. i can see a paper crane deco forming. you see, paper crane is the only thing i know how to do in the origami department. not very exciting, i know.
so, klaralund is a simple pattern. silk garden by noro is the yarn for this lovely kimono style sweater. in less than one week, i have already churned out both back and front. how's that for speed? but honestly, this was not something so remarkable to boot as the body pieces had no shaping, no nothing except a few garter stitches here and there to keep you awake. i knitted this in such lightning speed as i was never certain about this color way and i wanted to see what it looks like when knitted.
so which one should be front? i have a hard time deciding
along the stockinette stitching process, i had learned to love these colors. they are not the kind of colors i'd normally wear, but, they do possess a pretty striking effect when appreciate from afar. it is quite oriental and it may just be the perfect thing for this kimono style sweater. also, i was struggling with whether or not to modify the pattern so the body has some sort of shaping. you can see here that i ended up not doing it. i think every sweater should has its unique characteristic, klaralund should be a loose, bell sleeved, sleepy eyed sort of sweater; having a fitted look may be inappropriate in this case. therefore, i did not modify the patterns at all. i respect ms. cornelia tuttle, she has a right eye for style.
i do want to share some of my views on this much loved yarn, noro's silk garden. i never quite understood how this whole self striping craze but now that i have worked on one, i can see where the love is. i love how the colors just blend together without a harsh transition. it could be pink, but then some freckles of yellow would start to appear, then, a few more stitches later, it would be all yellow. it really caught you off guard, but in a very subtle, pretty way. i love how the yarn has spun up, it is raw and crude. you can sometimes see the silk fibers still in its unprocessed form. though i was a bit afraid that i may saw some body parts of a silk worm. but no, that did not happen.
raw silk and wooden needles. so organic!
i am having such an enjoyable klaralund making experience and this is truly not going to be possible without these gorgeous lantern moon needles gifted to me by my
pesky secret pal this past summer. oh, i love these needles!!
klaralund in silk garden 217
