The Social Event of the Season!
Here she is…Peruvian Highland Ribby Cardi. I’m making the whole thing in this colour, and I’ve decided to rib the entire thing. It’s the largest size but it looks rather small. I’ll be blocking it with the ribbing stretched, though. Eh. If it doesn’t fit I’ll give it to my sister.
Tonight is the first ever Scarborough Stitch N’ Bitch. I’ll be bringing the Ribby Cardi to work on while I knit with some women I’ve never met. I guess I should have a shower?
I got my Mariah yarn yesterday…I started the sleeve last night. They yarn is Warm Tan, also Peruvian Highland Wool from Elann. The colour looks rather like a warm butterscotch…I love it. The only concern I have is that La mentioned on the Mariah mailing list that Jen knit her Rogue sweater with this yarn and it pilled. Anyone else have experience with that? I hope it’s an isolated thing because I have two projects on the go with this stuff; it’s great to knit with and inexpensive so I had hoped to use it again.
Unfortunately I can’t take Mariah to the SNB because I need to concentrate while I knit the cables, which would mean a lot less bitching than I would like to do. It’s all about the bitching.
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I’m super jealous of your mad ribbing skills. Ribbing is a MAJOR roadblock on my knitting highway right now. I don’t know what the hell I’m doing wrong but I cannot do it.
I do love that color though! I hope you had a good time Stitchin’ n Bitchin’.
Lauren · Jan 19 · 9:14 am
i love the color! it’s so me. btw, what color is it? elann is a super-pimp.
It’s a sold out colour…I think it might have been called Georgia Rose or something like that. It’s a coral-type colour.
Lauren, what’s your ribbing issue? Email me…I’ll help you out if I can.
Carrie, the ribbing photographs better then it looks in person. IT’s not poerfect by any means, but I’m hoping that with blocking the stitiches will settle a bit and it’ll look even better. This yarn shows a lot of stitch definition.
I hope your Stitch and Bitch went well. We started one a few months ago here in Richmond and every other week or so we have someone come that none of us knows and we really like meeting the new people and seeing what they’re knitting! It’s been great. Jane
Thanks Maggie, I think my ribbing issue is more my own stupidity then anything. I took a little “knitting vacation” and I’m going to try again tonight. But if I still can’t figure it out you’ll probably be getting an email from me… I might need some sort of “Ribbing for Idiots” video, ’cause the books aren’t working.
Lauren · Jan 25 · 8:46 am
Pretty color!