I am happy to announce that the opening of the hand knit hat was a knitter's dream. The Hipster took it out of the box with a huge smile on his face, held it up, asked me if I had read his mind, and put it on, played with it in the mirror, and only took it off to fold it in different ways on his head for the rest of the morning.
Happy step-mom, me.
And it turns out the Hipster's spied his idea of the perfect Nordic/aztec sweater on the cover of a book sitting on the kitchen counter: Knitting Without Tears. So the sweater in question will be a genuine Elizabeth Zimmermann Ski Sweater in Color Patterns, with a unicorn addenda. We've aready picked out the perfect purple from the Cascade 220 Heathers line, and determined that the white should be proper white. Not cream or off-white, butan eye-searing clean and clear white.
Estimated Time of Cast On: who knows? I've got a few things on the go (including a sweater for his sister) and deadlines going on right now, so I'm aiming for completion in time for the cool evenings of August.
On the wheel at the moment is this yarn:
It's Spunky Eclectic BFL in Leaf Peep for a sweater I've had in the queue for a long time: a handspun Kirigami
The swatch with Berocco Ultra Alpaca is very promising, and since this is only half a sweater's worth of yarn to make, it will be a quick spin with any luck. But time has a funny way of getting away from me. I always think I will have more of it than I ever turn out to have in reality. Know what I mean?
I love when hand knits are well received. My little guy wasn't too stoked at first about his socks, but he showed them to every single person we talked to yesterday, and hasn't taken them off yet ;) That's good enough for me.
p.s. I'm typing this in my Takoma sweater, which I've hardly taken off since I finished knitting it :)
Posted by: CambriaW | December 26, 2011 at 06:40 PM
Congratulations on pleasing your twenty-something. That is not easy to pull off.
Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport | December 26, 2011 at 11:00 PM
The good thing his he's old enough to understand the limitations of gauge, I had to explain to a much smaller son why I couldn't copy his drawing of a jet onto the back of his mitten even at 9 spi.
My wheel went down when the tree went up and I'm pining badly.
Posted by: Caroline M | December 27, 2011 at 04:47 AM
Ah, somebody finally else is knitting an EZ pattern. It's about time! I was begining to think that I was only one who spread her books around the house, just in case I'm doing laundry and I need a "fix".
You must have the older printing of Knitting Without Tears. I have the new one, and the only you can get from the cover is a freaky looking hat and a very short scarf.
Posted by: garret | December 27, 2011 at 08:47 AM
I think that boy earned his sweater ;-)
Posted by: Colleen | December 27, 2011 at 01:55 PM
Ooo, a handspun Kirigami sounds wonderful. Can't wait to watch your progress.
Posted by: Jessica | December 27, 2011 at 05:09 PM