.....More Knitting News

While in Singapore, I also cast on a short moss stitch cardigan from Naturally Noro using The Knittery's 4-ply merino. As usual, the yarn was so soft & nice to knit with but I realised that there was an error in the pattern as the armhole shaping (24cm) was too long. I finished 1 front & started knitting the short sleeve to confirm the error - I was right - the sleeve does not match the armhole which is too big - I am still looking for the correction for this pattern & if I can't find it, I guess I will have to frog the front piece to match the sleeve. Here's the pattern & if any of you have knitted this before, please let me know .......

I also had the time in Singapore to visit a yarn shop with my niece who wanted to buy some yarn for a scarf. We ended up with 3 balls of Rowan Tapestry (70% wool, 30% soybean) - it's a really nice & soft yarn & the color is gorgeous.....

I knitted a scarf in garter stitch with a moss stitch border all round - it was a fast knit but there was a big problem - the edges of the scarf (despite the moss stitch border) curled even after blocking! I thought the moss stitch edge will prevent that problem as the yarn was so soft but it did not. On top of that, the yarn behaves like mohair & it's difficult to frog as the fibres tangled & shed while knitting. Although the Tapestry is a nice yarn to look at & with a gorgeous range of colors, I don't think I will be keen to use it again, maybe for small projects (there's still 1 ball remaining from the scarf).

Well, that's all the knitting done during the holidays - it's really hard to find time to knit amist all our daily social activities in Singapore. Now that I am back, I will like to take some time to put together a list of projects for 2007 but in the meantime, I have to cast on a pair of socks for my Mum back in Singapore....