It's my birthdayyyyy

Dear friends!

It's my birthday! I have had lovely calls and messages from the family and my lovely friends, but the best thing was, definitely, a present from my friend Gunhild: she bought me some precious yarn: black and blue with glitter, wool, polyamid, polyester... looks SOOOO fantastic! It's chunky and 150g, I think I can make a scarf out of it? Maybe a chunky, spring scarf with many holes. Any suggestion?

Love,
Flavio

Trellis Sweater - Back is ready!

Dear friends,

I can't believe I have been able to complete the back. I am not sure about gauge. Funnily enough, this is going to be a bit taller than necessary. Last sweater was too wide... oh well. Maybe it will be sort of a longish jacket or something... This is, theorically, Trellis' Sweater from Knitty.com. I thought it was going to be such a challenge: the cables are lovely and I had to learn something new, the left twist. The neck shaping looks nice. Well, this is it. Looks lovely, doesn't it? Well, at least I am very happy with it! :) Can't wait to hear your comments (if any!) - tomorrow I will start with the front sides.

Lots of love,
Flavio

Starting this difficult pattern...

Dear friends,

How are you? I must thank the friends from the KnittingNovices list, because they were able to help me with the "left twist" - I didn't understand the instructions in the pattern and now I have been able to start this! I am trying the "difficult" Trellis Sweater as seen on knitty.com; I have finally the chance to use my cable needle again! Wow. I am not sure about the gauge, but this time I will make sure it is not going to be wider than taller! Really! :) This is the beginning of the back. I hope you like it. There is a little mistake in the cable at the very beginning (I held the needle in front instead of back on two occasions), but I am not going to re-do everything again.

Hope you like it ;)

Love,
Flavio

Oh no... wrong proportions... :(

Dear friends,

I have finally finished this endless striped sweater with ribbed checker... it was such a slow process. It was nice to be able to do stripes bringing the yarn from below, without having to cut always (that was a relief) - now, unfortunately I got the proportions wrong. It came to be wider than higher. It is probably unwearable. The gauge was evidently wrong, and I even misread the inches for the heigth. I noticed too late, and I didn't want to start over again - so, I did the sleeves and seamed. It definitely was good for practicing... I'll probably use it for a teddy bear, I don't know... such a shame :(

What do you think?

Love!

Flavio