Just Peachy!

Finally off the needles! I still need to block and weave in ends- that will happen tonight as I have hopes of wearing to Knit City this weekend.
I started off with a Party of Five set in Cobblestone and a skein of Grapefruit- all Tough Love Sock from Sweet Georgia Yarns.

It knit up beautifully- the gradient is a tad more brown than I initially expected but it pairs so well with the peachy tones of Grapefruit.  I have just a wee bit left of each that will likely end up in some fair isle creation down the road.

The pattern is Syncopation Adoration Cowl by Stephen West of Westknits. It's a very easy to knit brioche design- you pick up stitches from an i-cord as opposed to a double colour cast-on which I personally find tricky.  There is so much room within this pattern to be as safe or brave as you're feeling- my version is fairly toned down but I could see this working with so many possibilities of colour.


Without further ado- here's some photos just posted on Instagram.

 

 

 

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Federa Shawl and Swatch Fun

Federa Shawl stalled out just a bit but we are done! I wasn't sure of mixing these two colorways but I have no regrets. A wearable fun accessory. I ended up making the smaller size. 

The brioche was fun and interesting to knit. It's so stretchy and soft. The pattern is one I'll hit up again in the larger size- it's basically got one brioche increase and one decrease. Once you get into a few rows you can sort of go on autopilot. As this was my first foray into brioche I can highly recommend this as a first project. So easy to knit and a great garment all around.
The triple icord bind off was fairly epic but worth it. The edge it creates is so stable and it really provides a nice weight to the finished object.
A dye test from a while back had me busy for a  hile doing swatches. Pretty much love them all and now I'd love to incorporate them into something fun.

My current knit-in-progress is another brioche project by Stephen West. Syncopation Adoration Cowl in my sweet Sweet Georgia Yarns sock yarns. I've just begun my 2nd stripe- the pattern calls for DK, so I used smaller needles (2.75) and cast on 340 sts instead of 238. I want it to be long enough to double loop around my neck.

In other adventures, I have a blogging app now so I can contribute more often. And not limited by a computer. So, yay!