Tour de France KAL
Unfortunately for my brother, he got stuck overnight while flying through JFK on his way from Seattle to DC. Fortunately for my brother, I live in Brooklyn and he was able to take a taxi over and we pulled out the inflatable mattress and he was able to sleep in a bed with clean sheets rather than on an airport bench and take a shower in the morning before going to the rescheduled flight and then directly to work. And his unexpected visit prompted me to do some apartment cleaning (and believe you me, the place needed it desperately after breaking up with The Boy last week). I did the dishes and picked up my floor and did a load of laundry and cleaned the toilet and bathroom sink - hooray!
To catch up on other matters, the Tour de France is happening right now (and, therefore, the fantastic annual Tour de France knitalong), and I haven’t been able to watch ANY of the coverage due to my work schedule - but I have been getting some good knitting time in during my reverse-commute to Connecticut on Metro-North every day. And now that job is over so I may actually get to watch a little of the Tour if my internet connection continues to work smoothly (I don’t own a TV)…
I started Thermal (from Knitty Winter 2006) back towards the end of May and flew through the body and the first sleeve in just over a week, but hadn’t started the second sleeve yet. I’d heard some pretty sad stories of never-ending Thermal projects because the whole thing’s knit in the round in fingering weight in a sort of ribbed/waffle pattern and I didn’t want mine to become another long-lingering work-in-progress. So on July 5th, when le Tour started in France, I started the last major piece of the sweater. There is a bit of a tighter-tension issue from the knitting I did the day after the break-up, but it’s not too bad - not at all noticeable while on my arm - and a wash should help to further even it out.
And I’m already working on the cap! I should definitely be able to finish the sweater in the next week. (Isn’t that when the race is over? I’m so out of touch… oh nevermind, it looks like it ends the 27th - PLENTY of time!)
And to keep the good vibes going around here - a macro shot of the stitch pattern then I’m off to ride my bike around Prospect Park a few times!
July 15th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
I love the colour of your knitting, and the way the pattern enhances the colour variations in the yarn. The sleeve increases are really well blended into the pattern as well. Amazing progress in such a short time.
(I liked the look of Penny as well.)
Best wishes, jen
July 16th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Thermal is one of those projects that I keep thinking about tackling, but then I talk myself out of it for some reason. I’m looking forward to see how your’s progresses!
July 17th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Thermal is looking good! At first glance, I read Tour de *Fleece* and I thought you had picked up spinning!
July 18th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Thermal is looking great, I love the colour.
September 7th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
This pattern never called out to me on knitty, but I’m more lured when I’ve seen other versions like yours around the blogosphere–I’m impressed you did a whole sweater in fingerling yarn, though, yikes!