Bus Knitting

My regular projects (namely, cable sweater and Delta) are the stay-at-home type done on straight needles, plus the denim dye for Delta runs so I can only knit it at home. I need something that's portable and brainless to knit during the commute to and from work hence I started knitting a stripy cardigan for Chung Yi using the odd balls of DK weight yarn I have.

Up till now, I'm still undecided as to whether I like this colour combination. The main colour will be the pink variegated Jaeger Baby Merino recycled from Chung Yi's old cardigan which she wore once and promptly outgrew. The other colours are purple, blue and cream. I had intended to tie the ripped out pink yarn in hanks and give them a good wash but ended up with bundles of yarn. So I simply wound them into balls and you can see that the pink part is especially kinky when knitted up. Hope that a good wash and block after completion will smooth things out.

I'm using the stripe combination for a boy's sweater from this Japanese pattern book which has lots of adorable knits. Here are the pictures of the said patterns and I'm going to knit a round-neck cardigan instead. The right side photo shows a close up of the stripe sequence. Notice that the rows just before and after the colour change are in moss stitch instead of stockinette so that the purl bumps accent the colour changes. I like that design feature.

Comments

[lyn]

I think the colours are nice... heck, anything with pink is nice to me :-) Love the moss stitch accent, it really does make the vest look more interesting. I have seen that book at my lys before and it does have a lot of adorable patterns. I was thinking of getting it to knit something for my nephew but ended up buying another baby book instead. Will probably go back for a closer look again... thanks for the heads up!

[Robbyn]

For what it's worth, I think the colors are gorgeous. And I agree with Lyn - the moss stitch accent is perfection!

[Eilene]

Are you kidding? Those colors go together very well. I love the different yarns together. Stick with it!!! :-)

[marjorie]

i'm sure Chung Yi would love it. The colors and textures look so good together

[hanne]

oh it looks like the colours of every little girls dreamsweater, and the stripe combination looks great.

[mrspilkington]

chiming in to say that i think the colours go together very well, they make me think of dessert!

[Mona]

Ohhh what lovely colours!
Aren't you lucky to have little girls to knit for? I find it difficult to find anything to knit for my little monster of a boy.
Lyn did you say our LYS has this book - ooh have to go check it out.

Mona