Just in time for Earth Day, I finished the back of Sligo. I know it looks long. It is long. It is 28 inches long, in fact. The pattern diagram, which is not entirely correct, by the way, calls for a finished length of 26.5 inches. I added the extra inch and a half because I am unusually tall. I generally add two inches, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it, for fear of ending up with a lovely-but-unwearable lace dress.
And it is lovely. The color is hard to photograph accurately. It's a bit more gold than it looks here. Now that I have worked out the kinks (in myself, not the pattern), it is rolling along quite nicely. I can work it almost as quickly as stockinette--except for the cable rows, which still require intense attention and minor acrobatics to pull off.
And lest ye think that Sligo isn't "green" enough for Earth Day...
I also planted a tree.
10 comments:
It's so pretty! I really, really love that green color
I like both your green projects:-) The Sligo looks really great!
Sligo looks great! That color is going to look great on you. You finished up the back very quickly.
That sweater is going to be yummy. Great job! And the tree is cool - what type is it? Can't tell from the picture.
something weird happens lately with your blog (but only yours). When I try to open it on it's own, not in bloglines, to comment? The comments are all over the image, and the text is all disappeared. It's very weird.
Lovely Sligo. I wonder what it's like to be "unusually tall"...I am unusually short myself.
It is SO gorgeous! I can't wait to see it finished, that lace pattern is amazing! I've been starting projects without gauge swatching, so it looks like I'm distracting the KG from you :)
Steph--
The tree is a bottlebrush (callistemon violacea). They're from Australia and don't deal well with cold, so you probably don't see them where you are. There are lots of varieties--some are large shrubs and others are trees--but they almost always have bright red bottlebrush-shaped flowers. This one is a deep rose pink that goes perfectly with the purple, pink, and yellow flowers on my front bank.
wow. that is green. i love the pattern. very nice.
That's my kinda green. Love it! Nice pink pom pom tree too.
That Sligo is truly impressive, you are a knitting wonder. And I love those Bottlebrush trees, my brother has a ton in his yard in L.A. Très California!
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