Em was sick last week, with a throat infection.
Being such a giving child, she gave me her germs, and I’ve spent the last couple of days with a sore throat, coughing, achy and unable to talk.
Needless to say, the housework is suffering, but it’s made for good knitting time!
I started the Savanna jumper, with a few minor changes.
I’ve done ribbing at the bottom, as I’m not overly fond of stocking stitch rolled edges.
And I’ve swapped all the stripe colours around. Yellow is my least favourite colour, so I figured out the dominant colours, then changed the stripes around. Let’s hope it all comes out alright!
This pic is closer to the actual colours, but it still ain’t right.
I really like working with the Nundle wool. The ballband recommends that it be knitted as an 8ply (DK weight), but this pattern calls for 20sts/4″. I think this tension is more suitable to the yarn.
Knitted at this tension, the fabric is nice and firm, not at all airy, and personally, I feel that if it were knitted any tighter it would be a bit too dense.
The yarn itself is yummy. Pure wool, nice and lofty, and minimally processed. You find a lot of vegetable matter in the yarn.
It’s also full of lanolin. Knitting it up, it already feels cosy.
And I guess everyone has heard the wonderful news about the miners. They reached the surface at 6am on Tuesday, their 14th day underground. They were out of hospital by midday, and one of them was even at the pub by 6pm Tuesday night!
Right now, I’m heading back to the lounge with my tissues, my headache tablets and my pillow. And my knitting.
I hope you are feeling better soon. Nundle wool is nice to knit, it felts beautifully so be carefull when washing.
You poor ill thing – Your cardy looks great!! and the yarn does sound very cosy – nice especially as we are having such a cold snap lately. 🙂
You poor ill thing – Your cardy looks great!! and the yarn does sound very cosy – nice especially as we are having such a cold snap lately. 🙂
You poor ill thing – Your cardy looks great!! and the yarn does sound very cosy – nice especially as we are having such a cold snap lately. 🙂
Hope you feel better soon, Donna.
And I much prefer the stripes of colour the way you are knitting them than the original layout in the pattern — I’m not a yellow person either. 😉
Glad you are feeling better. The new jumper is looking good!! Not many people are ‘yellow’ people!!!!
I like the new arrangement of colors. Nothing against yellow, but it’s not my favorite color for clothing. I guess because it doesn’t look good on me.
Like the looks of Nundle wool. Don’t think it’s sold over here. Too bad.
Hope you’ll beat the cold real quick! I liked the original colors of the Savanah jumper, but you know me. I like orange a lot, yellow by it self not so much but it lightens it up, don’t you think. I’m sure yours will be nice as always! ;o)
The colors are so pretty together! I like the little bit of yellow because it makes it pop. I hope you feel better soon! At least you can still knit!
I’m sorry to read your sick. hope you are feeling better soon.
I hope you feel better soon. The jumper looks great (by jumper do you mean sweater or is that just a British term?) … I like the colours and the striping. 🙂
I expect if I’d been a miner I’d have stopped at the pup on the way to the hospital, heh.