Ruffled jacket

I've decided to do something new. Yesterday I was tidying boxes with yarns and I found green wool. My Mom gave me it last year. She wanted to make a coat of it , but it was years ago and yarn was just lying on the shelf and getting older. I've chosen a pattern from VK fall 07 : ruffled jacket by James Coviello. Because the wool is quite old I'll have to washed it before blocking. I checked the gauge yesterday and yarn gets smoother after washing.

Zdecydowałam się na nową rzecz. Wczoraj podczas porządkowania pudeł z wełnami znalazłam zieloną wełnę. Dostałam ja od Mamy w zeszłym roku. Chciała zrobić z niej płaszcz i twierdziła, że powinno być jej więcej niż jest. W każdym badź razie wełna leżała i się kurzyła. Wybrałam wzór z VK fall 07 : ruffled jacket Jamesa Coviello. Przędza jest starawa dlatego przed blokowaniem na pewno będe musiała to wyprać. Sprawdziła jak zachowuje się w praniu, na szczęście robi się przyjemniejsza w dotyku.

















About Horizon tunic:
It's almost done! I've re-done upper part two times! Bot now it fits good. I have to finish
neckband, sew it to body, hide yarn tails and it will be ready to wear!

O tunice Horizon:
Prawie gotowa! Przerobiłam wyższą część dwa razy! Ale teraz dobrze leży. Muszę skończyć taśmę naokoło dekoltu, przyszyć do tułowia, schować ogonki i będzie gotowe do użytku!
















On the pic you can see a tennis ball. While Iwas taking the photo my dog putted it there.
I ripped all the UFOs yesterday, so I have Giant2, horizon tunic, alpaca tunic and green jacket on the needles. It's also good to know what yarns do I actually have in my closet, in the kitchen in the big basket-box and under my bed...bye!

Na zdjęciu widać piłkę tenisową. Podczas robienia zdjęcia mój pies zdążył ją podrzucić. Sprułam wszystkie niedokończone robótki, dlatego mam na drutach: Giganta 2, tuniki horizon i z granatowej alpaki i zielony sweterek. Dobrze wiedzieć jakie w zasadzie mam wełny w szafie, w wielkim koszu w kuchni i pod łóżkiem...pa!

Dead Giant

Do you remember the black and blue gauge? I was trying for the scarf from Knitty: Obey the giant. This scarf in the pattern is enormous so I've decided to change it a little. I've made one "face" and less stitches. The gauge was perfect but the face fragment turned out too big to wear it and it was too stiff. So I didn't make it for X-mass.

















Because W. wants it veeery much I'm going to make it for his b-day. I went to the LYS yesterday and the seller had problem with finding an accurate yarn for my project. When she started looking at angora's blend I told her that I need yarn for my husband's scarf not for me. She answered: Oh, noo, he can't turn girlyish!
So I bought two tones of Regia cotton. It's very thin and I decided to make the giant on 3mm needles.

















On the pick above you can see fragment of my new project: twinkle's horizon tunic from Wenlan Chia's book, Weekend knits. I've almost finished it last Sunday's night but it turned out that the neckline is too wide and the tunic doesn't cover my breasts. I have to re-do it. This is my third project with this black unlucky yarn! The first was sweater for my dog, but I didn't make just don't know why maybe because it was boring, then Obey scarf and now horizon. Wish me luck!