There was a lot of talk on knitting Mastodon last week about how long it takes to knit a jumper. And I just happened to have this amazing green super chunky yarn lying around from a previously failed wedding project.
So naturally I took to Ravelry in the hopes of finding something that could be made quickly, but also look halfway decent and not weirdly bulky at all.
Enter, the Tea Rose Slip On by Retro Claude.
Cast on last…Thursday, I think? Spent maybe about 8 hours on it so far. The front and back are completely done and now it’s time for the sleeves already!
What’s everyone else been working on this week? If it’s a fingering-weight jumper project, you have my genuine sympathy 😂
My WIP is a pair of alpaca socks. It’s a mash-up of two Ravelry patterns - Honey Badger for the stitches and Time Traveler for the structure.
I started out top-down, and had begun knitting the gusset - and stuffed it up completely. I sat staring at it for a minute, then said some swears and frogged. I’m so much better at toe-up, Time Traveler’s heel is so easy.
You know, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anyone using alpaca for socks before. Does it hold up as well as a typical sock yarn with nylon etc? Or are they more just intended as house socks? I’m so intrigued!
You are spot on - they are to be house/bed socks! I’ll be interested myself to see how they wear. My street socks are generally a merino/nylon mix - hard-wearing, machine washable. I made the mistake of making socks in a bamboo/wool mix one time and they just shredded.
Yeah my one time using no-nylon yarn fared equally badly (despite the dyer’s insistence it would be togh enough to work, grr). Please do report back in with your scientific findings. Looks like they’ll be very snuggly, anyway!
@thegiddystitcher I used alpaca once and the biggest challenge for me was that they don’t have the same elasticity as wool so the didn’t stretch and then snap back the way I would have wanted. Probably should not have done a stranded color pattern with alpaca. Can’t tell you too much about how well they wore because I didn’t wear them much even though they were beautiful.
Oh I never even thought of the lack of stretch but that makes sense! How annoying though, ugh.