I'm a little late to the blogging party announcing my participation in Luvinthemommyhood's latest Knitalong. Actually, I'm a lot late. Because you know what? It's over. Yup. Missed all the fun blogging about it too, sheesh. Nevertheless, I wanted to mention it because if you haven't checked it out, you should. Lots of inspiration over there from the KAL knitters. My queue basically exploded.
As for me, I knit the popular Spring Garden Tee. I really love the finished tee but I had a devil of a time getting gauge. The pattern calls for DK weight, but I could not for the life of me get gauge on a reasonably sized needle using DK. So then I swatched some sport weight--nope! In the end, I used fingering weight. Fingering! AND (sorry to internet yell, but this is notable) I still had to go down one needle size and had to knit a size smaller than my usual size. Crazy, I say. Crazy.
Luckily, I love it to pieces so it was worth the effort. Don't mind the rain hair in this shot...
Sandra
p.s. Do you like the color? It's another handyed colorway of my own. The yarn is a delicious blend of Bluefaced Leicester wool, silk, and cashmere. Love, love, love the base. Soft but holds up wonderfully. I likewise adore this color.
And yes, I know I created another blueish color. I really can (and will) dye a non blue next. In fact, I have my first custom "order" of a gray (Caryn, are we talking gunmetal or silver?).