Trial Separation
Kyoto and I are going to spend some time apart. We are getting on each other's nerves, so to reduce the chances of domestic violence, we decided to each do our own thing for a while. I've stashed her in a box in the top of my closet, and someday we will kiss and make up.Now that I have no nagging sweater telling me I am a sloppy and slow knitter, I've got a lot of time to fill. I stopped at Commuknity, the new yarn shop near the train station on the way home from work tonight. I decided to make Gazella from the Rowan Linen Print Collection. Actually, I wanted to make this other really cool cardigan in the spring/summer Rowan magazine, but I remembered to check the guage before I started looking for yarn. It was well into the "many many many stitches/ inch" category so I canned it. Gazella uses big needles and a fairly chunky yarn, and she's damn sexy.
Here's the front:
Here's the back:
And here's the yarn:
The flash made the yarn look a little garish- it's actually a very muted coral/red/mauve thing. It's going to look really good with a tan. I have a whole weekend of nothing but beaching and knitting ahead of me. With any luck I will get a good deal of the way through this project this weekend!
In other interesting news, today I discovered I like cream in my coffee. I always drink it black, but I like lattes and I was feeling adventurous so I gave it a whirl. It was good. I still don't like my coffee sweetened with sugar or Sweet n' Lo, but I do like the cream. Not enough to make it a daily thing, but it is a good thing to know.
And now I am off to start Gazella!
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