knitting is a hereditary disease

Onward and sweaterward

Posted on 01/10/2008 by Andrea | Comments (0)
Filed under : Knitting

Lucky me - I have the day off today to spend with my sister, who is in town this week. This morning I'm just sitting at home doing a little work until she's ready to get together. We'll probably go thrifting. While we're out, if I can find some sweaters with nice yarns maybe I'll buy a few to rip apart and reuse the yarn. Because I am most definitely in new project mode.

I have a scarf that needs to be spun and knit for a certain friend in Colorado (and St. Mawes, which we don't talk about), but other than that, my other two projects-in-process are almost done. And I'm starting to get excited about future knitting projects. I want to knit at least one or two sweaters for myself this year... sweaters I will actually wear, as opposed to the sweaters I have knit that sit forlornly in my closet feeling lumpy and rejected.

One thing that I have my eye on is Henley Perfected, from the winter 2007 Interweave Knits (Ravelry link). When I first saw this in the magazine I felt kind of "eh" about it, until I saw Lickety Knit's version. I find myself going back to her entry once in a while and just fantasizing about knitting this for myself. Especially since I just picked up some breathtaking vintage glass beads that I think would look amazing with this.

But first I should use some yarn I already have, I think. And I don't have any yarn to make Henley Perfected. I have Rowan Plaid (a bulky yarn, in beautiful blues and grays) with which I'd kind of like to make Emerald (Ravelry link) -- but I'm not sure I have enough yarn.

I also have a whole bunch of bright orange Valeria di Roma Arena, a cotton yarn somewhere between an Aran weight (which is how Ravelry categorizes it) and a Bulky weight - the gauge listed on the ball band is 15st/4 inches on size 8 needles.

It's not quite as bulky as the Plaid. I have no idea what to do with this. It's a pretty yarn. Hmmm, perhaps Snow White (Ravelry link)would be just the ticket for this yarn? I guess my first step would be to figure out how much of it I actually have.

Anybody have any other ideas for what to do with these two yarns?