Project the third: Zip & Zing

Seeing that the last two projects were for gifting to other people (my offspring included). I, and the remaining chill in the air, have decided that I should benefit from my knitterly skills this time around.  So last night, after spending a lovely while poring over (a fraction) of my knitting magazines, I decided to cast on for Zip & Zing.

Simply Knitting Issue 68 Summer 2010

It’s a teen knit, but the sizes go from 8 years to size 14. A pretty unusal size range to be sure. It’s a nicely straightforward knit with very little shaping.

Zip & Zing by Ruth Maddock

As usual, as those of you who have read my blog for a while will know, my take on Zip & Zing is unlikely to look anything like the garment pictured above.

My take on Zip & Zing

The pattern suggests Stylecraft Sirrocco & I’m using a mix of  Patons Smoothie in the red colourway & Stylecraft Life in a colourway called Berries.

So far so good, apart from Smoothies usual splittiness. This minor irksome feature of this yarn is more than made up for with its crisp stitch definition and beautiful handle (i.e. it’s heavenly to touch).

Now, I’m going to get back to knitting my hoodie.

Happy crafting folks!

 

Done & dusted Alpaca Hoodie (Sans Hood)

Tis done!

No more sweltering under alpaca fabric.

Completely sod’s law that dictates that the temperatures locally would soar whilst I handmake a sweater made from hollow fibre designed to trap air and heat it!!

As this garment can fit me I figure it should still fit my growing-like-a-weed offspring come Autumn. Plus, let’s be real, it’s Ireland, there will be at least a couple of occassions where she’ll feel the chill and may reach for her new snuggly sweater.

While this was intended to be a hoodie, offspring and lack of yarn conspired to change the design into a shawl collar sweater. (And in this weather sweat-er is a completely apt choice of word!).

 

Progress!

Hoodie Sleeves

Now the only quibble is that I seem to have run out of yarn.

:le sigh:

So I’ll be paying a visit to Lena’s tomorrow to see if I can pick up more of the same dyelot. If this dyelot is unavailable, offspring let me know that it’ll be okay to use a different dyelot, just as long as it mostly matches. I had offered her the option of contrasting sleeve caps and a contrasting hood but she declined.

We shall see how it turns out.