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Not so Wild Knit and Purls

Last night was knit night again, and we three got together again.  Last week was the big laughing party and this knit night was 1) much more productive in terms of knitting and 2) fueled with orange pekoe tea.  Thus the not so wild knit and purls reference.

Pam was knitting a False Creek cowl made with a lovely chunky Malabrigo yarn in a natural colour.  She told us she was staying until she finished it; sort of a warning the night might be late for Tena since we were at her home.  In reality Pam completed the project within an hour of arriving and let me take some photos of it.  Here's both the close-up view and a photo of how it might look when worn.  (The buttons were borrowed from Tena for this shoot.)  Beautiful isn't it?




Pam's work has inspired me to locate my failed attempt at this cowl. (Somehow I've misplaced it; a Freudian move I believe.  Question is, am I the one being Freudian or is it that mischievous cowl? )   It should be something I could complete rather quickly.

Tena was putting the finishing touches on her third Gramps Sweater.  She had some left over Madeleine Tosh Vintage yarn in Hickory and paired it with a lovely Madeleine Tosh heathered gray.  Although there were a few things to do like sewing up the pockets and adding the buttons, I photographed it anyway.  Tena intends to give it away this weekend so it was last night to capture it or never.  Oh those buttons, they really do pull the entire sweater together.  Look for yourself  --




I was in the midst of my second West Desert Hood last night.  The pattern to me looks more like stained glass, but what's in a name.  Remember this sneak photo?
Gift #1

This the first West Desert cowl I knit in lighter colours but it needs to be altered with the addition of another set of colour gradations.  This will transform it into a hood rather than simply a cowl and it should be complete within a short time.

Tena helped me put the right leaded-glass-like colour with the tints of colours already selected last week for a second hood.  (It was this hood I was trying to cast on then.)  She really has a good eye for colour combinations.  Tena recommended the darker gray and I think I like it better than the natural colour.  The truly nice thing about knitting these two hoods is I have been able to use the Malabrigo Dos yarn I got from Lex and Sue in June.  Jimmy Bean is responsible for putting the bulk of the colours together, I simply figured out what order to knit them in.  So here's the reveal of the two of them, both still in progress, but very soon both will be complete.



Knitting can't be exciting every knit night, but we laughed last night as well, just not as hard or long as we did during last week's gathering.  Now on to our three-day weekend.  Happy Thanksgiving, Canadians.  (U.S. citizens, hang in there your turn is coming soon.)


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