knitting school dropout

while i was pulling my warm weather clothes out of the closet, i found this:

it's my leaf t-shirt, that i made last may.

then i was wasting hours browsing on flickr, and i found this version. isn't it cute in brown?

look: bonnie is knitting one right now!

i just finished knitting the body of my arrowhead lace cardigan, next stop, sleeves. maybe i'll have a finished object in the next few days, although i haven't even thought about which buttons i'll use. you can see progress photos from earlier this week here.

were you a Sassy reader too? i read Sassy from the very first issue, which came out when i was in junior high. today i found out about this book and immediately ran out to buy it.

one last random thing. i watched Volver last night. it was fantastic.

that will be all. :)

Posted by melissa at 07:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (24)

here's the pattern in pdf format

it seems as if it is never going to stop raining here, so i took some pictures anyway.
here it is,the leaf tee

a close-up of the center panel:

yarn: 4 balls of debbie bliss cathay
needles: size us6 denise circulars
time spent knitting: 9 days
pattern: none, just a top down raglan with a panel of the vine stripe pattern found on page 272 of barbara walker's 2nd knitting treasury
i have to say it again, i love working with cathay. i've already purchased more, for a similar project in a teal color.
after wearing the t-shirt for the last few hours, i have to say the fit is just right. i'm delving back into my barbara walkers tonight to see what i can add to the next one.

Posted by melissa at 07:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)