The Cardigan that goes on forever.

What you see below is the body of the Rayne Wrap Cardigan, and at this point it really started to feel like a blanket. I actually finished it last night and hopefully today I'll get a sleeve started.


This is another book I picked up at Kinokuniya Bookstore the other day, and the reason I fell in love with it is more in how they dressed the models. I love the layers and the softness of the textures.






My goodness where is the color in my life? I mean I love brown but wow I think I am in some serious need of color, and soon. I go through stages of loving neutral's and then suddenly I feel starved for color.

Seattle.

I'm really loving Seattle this time of the year, not sure why, but its something about the clean cold air, the light, the moody weather. Its feels really nice going outside after being inside somewhere for awhile, like eating in a restaurant where its warm and full of people and then stepping outside to the cool crisp air.




Whenever I see light like this on the water it entrances me. It's just so magical the way it glows.

Finished Cardigan.

I love my sparkly cardigan. I finished this maybe a month ago and it is now officially part of my uniform. Its very soft, slouchy, and comfy.


I used one by one ribbing for the front edging and all the other ribbing is two by two. There was a plan to use hook and eye closures but that has since fallen by the wayside. The decorative increase method I used for the raglan shaping I continued using on the sleeves and where the side seams would have been. The only thing I might do differently is the front neckline, which I would have dipping down a bit more.


The yarn is RY (Rowan) Classic Yarn Soft Lux in Sable (008), highly recommend this yarn , its very soft and nice to work with. I used the top down method and did the sleeves in the round so there was absolutely no seaming to do, yippee.


Una wanted in on the photo action.

Inspiration.
I have been finding so much inspiration lately.
The other day I went to Kinokuniya Bookstore and found oodles of visual inspiration. I can't get enough of these books, they are eye candy gems.
The one below is from a different publisher, up-on factory, and I think the reason it appealed to me so much was it had a slightly different vibe from the Jeu de Paume books.






Don't get me wrong I still love you Jeu de Paume.






Even Apartment Therapy San Francisco has discovered Jeu de Paume. Check out there post here

Breakfast.
Apologies once again for the long absence, lots has been going on and also the lack of knitting photos.
So in place of knitting I show you my breakfast, which made me laugh.


Its also a fun way to tell you about Faces in Places, in case you need something to make you smile.
Night Night

Experimenting.
I must admit knitting has dominated my time lately, but some ribbonwork has been done. I like this piece and it was fun to do, but I don't think I would ever wear it.


Back to the drawing board.