8-Bit Swatch

I did the swatch for my 8-Bit sweater.  The pattern allowed for the swatch yardage.  I felt better about using the yarn for it, knowing that I probably won’t be in desperate need of a few yards at the end of the sweater.  It was also a chance to see how different techniques look.  I decided to do big areas of single colors each with a single ball of yarn.  It is a royal pain to weave ends in, but worth it in improved appearance.  

The new version of Blogger is not playing nice with my pictures.  Let’s see if I can prove that I did the swatch.

A bit bigger than I expected, but it counts as a success.  The light color is peachy pink in real life.

Moon sweater is done!  But not blocked yet, big surprise.

All Together sweater needs one sleeve and the neckband.  I wanted to use a lighter pink, but nothing I had contrasted with the dark well enough.  Maybe I can get a shot of it.

Sweaters

The moon sweater is almost done.  I am so over it that it will probably take another two years to do 3 stupid inches of sleeve ribbing.

The All Together sweater is fun now and what I am actively working on.  The initial yarn choices did not work and resulted in many hours in the frog pond.  It was so bad that I zoomed through the sleeves of the moon sweater rather than unravel any more.  Then the sweaters swapped places on the boredom list. The good news was that the moon sweater had a whole skein of yellow left over that should work with All Together.

I had some unexpected money arrive so I am using a little bit of it for another sweater.  It is the 8-Bit sweater from Lattes and Llamas.  I think the inspiration is early computer games.  The pattern comes out in 12 weekly installments starting next month.  The yarn should arrive tomorrow.  Stay tuned, I plan to actually swatch!

Fun with masks

Surprise, I got tired of working on the blanket.  The directions are a little tricky until one learns to follow them.  Then there are more ends to weave in than I cared to have to deal with.  I will get back to it at some point.

About the same time that blanket fatigue set in, a robo call came from the county I live in.  It would appear that the COVID 19 numbers are getting worse here. It is recommended that we not go out unless it is absolutely necessary and masks should be worn if we do.  I was already painfully aware that many of the individuals in charge of things cannot distinguish between science and politics.  If even these people are telling us this, things are not good.  I am unlikely to do anything that requires a mask, but better safe than sorry.  I went with a Doctor Who theme.

There are pink Daleks, the Paternoster Gang, and exploding TARDIS.

It will be back to sweaters now.  The yarn I needed to to the sleeves of one sweater should arrive tomorrow.  I will tie one of my masks on and hike up to the mailbox.