Tuesday, January 6, 2009

New year, new beginnings

Thanks for the nice comments on my gift knitting! Man, I felt so good about blogging two days in a row, and now I feel bad about ignoring the blog for more than a week. In my defense, something came up last Tuesday that effectively took me out of all my normal routines up until today:

Engagement Ring!

The significant other proposed! It was quite a surprise, so we don't have anything at all planned or decided yet. I will certainly be knitting something for the event, but I haven't decided if it will a larger project like a wrap or shawl (maybe Hanami? Or something from this book?) or a smaller project. The last time I was in a wedding, the bride wanted to include copper, one of her favorite colors, into the decorations, so I knit her a few roses out of copper-colored Alchemy Haiku to put in her bouquet, and a smaller one that I wore as a choker.

For now, I'm back to regular old knitting. I am currently turning this

Alchemy Haiku- Amethyst

into gloves. Specifically, Brie from Rowan 36 (scroll down for picture). I've knit this pattern once before in white Kidsilk Haze as a gift, and the Alchemy is a nice substitute. The pattern is relatively easy to follow, and it's a very interesting way to knit gloves (all flat, not in the round!). I've also been chugging away at the fleece spinning. I'm just finishing up a second bobbin, and once I have three I think I'll be doing a three-ply so I get a nice squishy, probably heavy worsted yarn. Hopefully it won't take me another month to spin up the third bobbin!

7 comments:

Kristine said...

congratulations!

a-hem - handspun shawl - a-hem! Sorry, for the wedding cough!

Kim U said...

Congratulations!

the Lady said...

What an unusual and pretty ring! Congratulations! (Or if you'd like to be more traditional - Best Wishes!)

dre_ah said...

Gorgeous ring! Can't wait to see what you come up with...i knew there was a reason for you faving all of those wedding shawls on Ravelry ;)

wildtomato said...

What happy news! Beautiful ring!

Anonymous said...

how about the Yves Saint-Laurent wedding dress? i'll help with all the bobbles. ;)

Unknown said...

i think you should make the hanami no matter what, it's gorgeous!