Cold, dark and rainy.
Welcome to November.
But the wool forecast is very promising!
I’m getting really close to done with the Chone vest, and think I found some buttons that will work nicely on the neckline
and they will go kind of like this
Will try to get some good pictures of the whole thing once it’s blocked and ready to go.
I made a lot of progress on Chone’s Brioche vest while I was traveling over the last week.
Long flights make for lots of good knitting time.
Here is the front posing with some acorns in the Chicago suburbs.
And here are the pieces by the time I’d returned from Florida.
It’s really coming among!
I’m splitting the front asymmetrically, and have most of the wider side done now, but have to go back and knit the other side up to the top.
But it won’t be long until I’m picking up stitches for the turtleneck collar.
Mmmm. Toasty.
I’ve always wanted a Chone sweater.
Just so I could take the crazy little bugger with me wherever I go.
He’s such a cool, sweet guy.
His lamb fleece was a little coarse, but he seems to be getting softer as he get gets older, which seems a little weird, but nice. And it’s staying black, with just a bit of silver shot through, and sun bleached tips, which gives it a neat kind of nutty, roasty look when it’s all carded up.
And I finally found just the right thing for it.
Brioche!
What an all black sweater needs is some nice overall texture. Brioche.
What a relatively inelastic yarn needs is some lofty springiness. Brioche.
Sweet, fluffy brioche.
from sweet fluffy Chone.
It’s going to be a turtleneck vest, ala Purl Soho
But I think that I’m going to split the front down to just below the turtleneck on the right side, so I can wear it up or down. Maybe with toggle closures (?)
I love vests. It’s almost layering season!
Not much wool news this week, but I did manage to finally finish the socks I’ve been working on for about the last month,
and also get a little video made, with the help of The Man.
Really enjoying the spindle mod. It’s always fun to try something new.
Hope you have a good week!