{"id":670,"date":"2007-05-15T15:56:23","date_gmt":"2007-05-15T05:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=670"},"modified":"2007-05-15T15:56:23","modified_gmt":"2007-05-15T05:56:23","slug":"670","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=670","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, lets talk about the super quick sneaky project I did last week.
\nI try to have only three projects on the go at a time. A sock, a lace project and one other. Right now, that’s the Prisma socks, the Shetland Shawl and the Sirdar cardi.
\nBut last week I got a burst of startitis, and I had to start something. More precisely, probably, is that I wanted to finish<\/em> something. I needed to do something different.
\nI should have gone and found a quick project in the stash, but I didn’t. I went to Ozeyarn<\/a> and ordered some yarn. Four balls. Enough for a hat for David, and a hat for me.
\nI ordered the yarn late Tuesday, and it was here Thursday morning, just in time for a day at Ailsa’s<\/a>. I got Jo Sharp Silkroad Ultra<\/a> in Nero (black) for the Reversable hat in Jo Sharp’s Knit 3.
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\nChunky yarn, easy pattern, 6mm needles, started Thursday at Ailsa’s, ripped it out after an hour or so, restarted it and finished it Thursday night.
\nSide one.
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\nSide Two.
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\nIt’s just a basic broken rib pattern. I got quite a bit done while chatting away, then decided I didn’t like the pattern as it was written. For some reason, all the Jo Sharp hat pattern’s I’ve ever knit have been designed to be knit flat. Personally, I think it’s far easier to knit them in the round and not have to seam them. So I knit it in the round. Otherwise, it’s exactly to the pattern.
\nI highly recommended the pattern and I love this yarn. In fact, I love all the Silkroad yarns. I love the way they knit up, and I love the way they feel.
\nDavid is happy with it. I was trying to wait and get a picture of him wearing it, but I forgot all weekend, and through the week I don’t see him in natural light. So you get a picture of it on my head.
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\nLucky you!
\nPersonally, I hate beanies for myself. I don’t think it looks too bad in this pic, but usually I look like a complete dick in a beanie.
\nSo for myself I chose the Tweed Beret from Knit 3. I’ve never worn a beret, but I liked it.
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\nOne thing I’ll mention about the Silkroad Tweed yarns is that it’s really, really hard to pick the colours from a computer monitor. I ended up getting the Silkroad Aran Tweed<\/a> in Potpourri. I was aiming for a dark grey tweed, but it’s an odd sort of a colour. It’s a very dark purplish shade, with lots of different colours in the tweedy bits.
\nI’ve started it.
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\nThe nice ladies at Ozeyarn sent me a sample card for the Silkroad Ara Tweed so I can pick the colours better for next time, but it’s growing on me.
\nI also highly recommend Ozeyarn<\/a>! Fantastic prices and service. I get all my Jo Sharp from there, or from The Wool Inn<\/a> at Penrith.
\nI did finish the sleeves on the Sirdar cardi, so it’s just awaiting seaming now. I’ll get to it.
\nSooner or later.
\nI had visitors this morning.
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\nTwo rainbow lorikeets clinging to the window sill, tapping on the glass and peering in at me.
\nPersonally, I think they’ve heard on the grapevine how well fed animals are in this house, and wanted to take advantage of the hospitality!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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