Tencel^6

My geeky friends and I refer to Harvard Square as H^2. Knitting with six strands of tencel held together could therefore be Tencel^6.* I made a swatch to play with the color transitions for the High Tide sweater.

No shading...

...and shading.

I'm definitely going to go with the shading. I cast on for the sweater tonight and it will be a long time until I do the shading, but I'm excited. I love the feel of the tencel and I think it will be a very pretty sweater.

More tanks!

I'm eyeing that Contessa still for an adapted Honeymoon Cami. Her edging won't show up with this yarn because it's so fine and because of the color variation. I'd like to give mine some sort of an edge, but I'm not sure what would look good. On US1's, I don't think there's too much I could get in the way of a lace pattern, and I think the color change would probably obscure it anyway. Any ideas? I looked through a lot of Barbara Walker books tonight, but I didn't come up with anything.

I bought some Svale today to do this shell (pictured when you click on "Collections"). Despite the fact that Svale seems to be hated by most knitters because it's splitty and has no stretchy fibers (50 cotton/ 40 viscose/ 10 silk), I love this shell and I'll love this yarn. I mean, I'm knitting with six strands of Tencel held together. At least this stuff is plied!

I'm also ready to get on the "meet the fleet" strappy tank from the cover of Vogue bandwagon. I think I'll do it in something from...

Webs Haul, part 3

These hanks of cotton floss are 2 pounds apiece and were just $16 each. I have quite a few colors, don't I? I'm wavering between the green, blue, and pink. Since Gyrid is green and most of High Tide is blue, maybe I should go for pink? It could be cute and feminine. Red seems too flashy, but it would probably look great in this pattern. The grey/silver seems... more refined. Maybe I'll wind one tomorrow night.

Gyrid, Mist, almost finished!

Gyrid's front has reached the armholes, so I'm hoping I can finish her up Friday night and block and seam Saturday for wearing on Sunday. Yay!

I wore Mist today, even though it needs another button (got it tonight) and to have the sleeves shortened a bit. I'll try to do that tomorrow or Saturday and get a picture at Knitsmiths. Another fine sweater, finished just out of season. It'll be all ready to go in the fall. Or maybe in San Francisco in two weeks? (It's more a date trip than a knitting trip. Unless some knitters can grab lunch on Monday??)

P.S.

No, Brenda, I'm not kidding.

*Maybe I'll become less geeky as I'm transformed into a chemist. My advisor is an engineer, though, so I'm sure my geekiness will be preserved.