Fall Rowan

Suffice it to say that Passel did not progress as far as hoped during our trip to Knoxville.  Not that all that driving time was wasted:  800 miles each way allows for much knitting time, even if I did somewhat over 1/3 and less than half of the driving.  Instead much of my time was spent on a different project, about which you will hear more later, upon its completion, which is imminent.   

I did finish the back of Passel and am about 6 or 8 rows from the armhole shaping on the right front.  Very little has been accomplished since my return on Monday night despite the fact that I met fellow knitter Gina last night for what was supposed to be knitting time but ended up being chatting time.  My own output came to two rows.

One thing we did discuss was the new fall Rowan magazine, which arrived while I was away, one of many knitting related treats, but the only one I have examined in any detail as of yet.  (You know I MUST be busy).

I love this issue.  There are a lot of cute things in here, a lot of inspiring ideas and a lot of details and designs that make me think differently about knitting or how I make and shape things.  I rate this issue highly for its dream and inspiration factor and in fact there are also several garments that I may knit more or less as shown.  that makes this issue a success on all counts from my perspective.

In fact, there are enough things I like that I keep changing my mind about what I might or might not knit.  These are the patterns of which I am currently enamored (click on image to enlarge):

There is yet another sweater that I am considering more and more, can't get it out of my head in fact. It is this sweater by Kaffe Fassett:

I love the color striping but at first I thought the shape was unwearable.  Now I am not so sure.  The shape is remarkably like my current "I can't wait until Fall so I can wear it" new treat, this dress from Rachel Pally:

Granted the dress is a much thinner, stretchier knit so the look on the body would be totally different, but the way I wear it is not that different from the look of that Rowan sweater on the model.

I am tempted.

But there is an awful lot of kidsilk haze in that sweater and it could be a really expensive mistake, both in cash and knitting time, so I need to play with the idea  a little longer, perhaps work out some kind of mock-up.  But if it works it could be very cool.

If it works it would be way nicer than the remake of that bubble dress in the new Vogue Knititng, the one I made way back when...

Comments

[Gina]

Sorry we were so unproductive, but I think the time spent perusing, dreaming, chatting and sipping coffee was absolutely well spent.