UhlissaKnits

I absolutely love the idea of my Leaves Shell , but it's been in a little time-out for the last month or so.  The yoke went well, but then I struggled so much with picking up the stitches for the body that I pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I might never get it done.  However,  finishing my Dimbala sweater this week,  I had to pick up some stitches and had an epiphany.  In some random forum,  I read a completely unrelated comment and suddenly understood a better approach to picking up all the stitches. It worked so well on my sweater that I promptly pulled this shell out of its hiding place and got to work.  It wasn't easy,  and it's definitely not perfect,  but I have all the stitches I need and am really excited to make some progress. Hopefully I'll finish while it's still warm enough to wear it.   xo Uhlissa

 When last we met, I was plotting and planning several light summer tops. I am pleased to report I now have three sweater WIPs, and the only one I've made much progress on is being knit in worsted weight wool (i.e. - the opposite of a light summer top). In my defense, the 3rd quarter of the Yarnathon began on the 1st, and it was hard to resist jumping in. I'm working on Dimbala by Laura Chau, using the insanely wonderful yarn Classy from Dream in Color. When I started looking for a pattern for this quarter, I was surprised how many of Laura's patterns were already in my queue. I wanted to do something that felt very different from all the things I've been working on, so I opted for this worsted weight sweater, which drew me in with it's henley neck and elbow length sleeves. I'm adding a few extra inches to the body and am hoping to split for the neck today. I love how quickly it seems to be going and can't wait to see how it turns out. ...

I want to make all the things right now ! It's been a few weeks since I have shared much but finished projects, but I haven't been terribly focused in my knitting lately, so there's still plenty to catch up on. I needed one more little project to reach my goal for the Yarnathon second quarter sock craft a long, so I started browsing ravelry for patterns for short socks. I had never had much interest in making shorties until I saw some absolutely gorgeous creations in the forums. It wasn't quite what I had in mind, but I found the Colour Twist pattern and decided to use some leftovers from other q2 projects and play around a little and see what I could come up with.  I've been playing with stripes to sort of mimic a fade, and the texture of the stitches has created a pretty interesting effect. These should be done this weekend, and I'll move onto some non-sock projects.  A few weeks ago I cast on Birdwatcher one night when I couldn'...