Month: August 2010

Knitting again!

I’d gotten mired all Spring in gift knitting that (at DK gauge and given my knitting time recently) ended up lasting for months. Once that was wrapping up, I bought two skeins of this blue yarn on a whim on a Sunday afternoon trip to Wallingford in June, and cast on for a simple v-neck Sirdar pattern with a broken rib pattern. I love the yarn, love the easy pattern, and love the blue with the sunflowers (still going strong from the farmers market bday bouquet).

While I work on the back, I’ve been debating changing the front from a pullover v-neck to a pea-coat style double row of bright yellow buttons. Seeing this with the sunflowers is another vote for a button-friendly front. Here’s a shot of the “wrong side” since it’s pretty, too: