The Forgotten Finished Object

I really shouldn't say it was forgotten because it has been worn a number of times since I finished it back in June...I just forgot to take FO Picture. Of course I'm talking about Chic Knits Ribby Shell that I started in May and finished on the 17th of June. What a fun knit it was...quick, simple, looks nice on, and to top it off a few compliments even from my husband.

I didn't do an awful lot in the way of modifications...in fact only one comes to mind. I added an extra inch in length to the overall garment. After wearing it a bit I think I may add another inch or so to the length on the next one. Yes, there will be another since there are 2 versions of the same pattern...one is a plain front/back and the other is ribbed all the way around. I'm leaning towards a ribbed version, but the plain front is very nice.

The shell looks so nice I'm thinking of making one as a vest for the fall/winter season. Instead of using summer light weight yarns I'm going to use worsted weight to see how it looks...would do it in a much larger size so that I can layer under it. Bonnie Marie Burns, Ms Chic Knits herself makes that recommendation in the pattern so it should work out just fine.

The details of the project:
Pattern: Ribby Shell from Chic Knits

Yarn: Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Teddy Bear

Needles: KnitPicks, size 4 Harmony Options and size 6 Options, 48" circulars

Modification: added 1 inch in overall length to shell body

Size: 37"

Spring is for Growing...As in WIP's

How many WIP's can a person actively work on? I have no idea, but I'll be adding one more to my nightly knitting. The Mosaic Maniacs group on Ravelry is going to knit the Lace Ribbon Scarf from the Spring Knitty as a KAL starting next Saturday. I'm excited that I already have yarn in the stash...only have to decided between the koigu and the fleece artist.

Although I don't really have too many items on my needles at the moment. I've been swatching for a tank top...Soleil since last week. Currently at a stand still waiting for a needle replacement to arrive...more coming up about that problem. I find for the first time in a long time I've had difficulty obtaining the correct gauge for this tank which is 22 sts/33 rows. The yarn I love to use in the summer...Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in the color "Teddy Bear" usually knits at 5 stitches per inch on size 6 needles...which would be about 20 stitches over the 4 inch swatch.

I first started out using my Knit Picks Options size 6, then my Harmony Options size 5's. When I tried to use my 4's, however, there was a problem with one of my needles...the cable and the hub fell apart before I could attach the cable. What the heck was up with that? These were a gift from my oldest and had not been out of the package so I called Customer Service and a new needle has been shipped....Yeah! So the tank is on hold at the moment. I cannot figure out why I keep getting 16-18 stitches, but maybe it'll will all come together later this week.

Also working up a few other tanks...summer is coming and I live in tank tops. My other 2 projects are Chick Knits Cami with wide straps in Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Nymph. The last pattern is a new pattern from Angela Hahn called Etrusca. Angela designed the Lutea Tank found in last Summer's Interweave Knits that I loved so much I knit 2 of them for myself. I'm going to try and use the Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Harvest... stash busting on this one...the rest I had to buy.

I love all of these so I need to get busy and get the gauges correct so I can have something new to wear as the weather gets warmer.

New Yarn Pics & Possible Project Matches

Not much new on the knitting front due to amazingly not knitting for the last 5 days! A new record for me that I had no choice but to accept due to sickness. I always knit, every night, no exceptions....according to my DH I'm obsessed with my knitting and I guess I am. I just can longer watch TV without needles...it feels weird these last several days having all this time and cannot knit. I'm much better today and hope to feel up to a bit of knitting later.

So today I'm going to post some pictures of recent yarn purchases over the last few weeks. The Brown Sheep Cottton Fleece's Nymph will be used for one of Chicknits patterns called the ChicKami. I'm going to do the wide strap vesion and hope to start in the next 2 weeks so I can actually wear it during the war weather.




The Rowan Felted Tweed is beautiful...feels soft to the touch and the color is a very rich red with flecks of blues & pinks. I'm planning on doing the sweater in Rowan's Magazine #28 called Martha. Since there isn't much need for a sweater at the moment this one is on the back burner until a few other projects are completed. I could have waited, but there was a sale at the time and you just never know when the color will not be there when the mood strikes.


The Frog Tree Chunky Alpaca is just so soft! I discovered this yarn last fall, but didn't buy at the time. Then I saw a beautiful ruffled edge scarf at Mosaic made by D....I wanted the yarn bad. of course the dreaded "we've sold it all" wasn't what I wanted to hear. This past week I was in luck....lots of yarn in stock. I bought enough for the scarf, a hat, & maybe mittens. I'll be ready for Hokie football this fall!



Last but not least the Prism Lace Wool...just gorgeous. I'm leaning towards the a wrap in knitty called Jeanie or maybe a better choice would be Muir since the Prism is lace weight. Once I finish my current lace project one of these will be started. That's about it for future works at the moment....just need to feel well enough that my eyes can see the knitting!