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A sublime sleeve, and lots of cooking
January 14, 2007
Although I've been knitting almost all day, and have finished a sleeve on the Sublime sweater, it all looks very unimpressive. Which is a shame, because it's very nice in person! The sleeves are supposed to be quite large, and are also just in st st, so were immensely boring to knit. I keep meaning to design more interesting stuff, but I think I just really do prefer simpler designs. I like them to have features of course, and this one will have a "fancy" stitch pattern on the bodice, but I just think it would be too busy if I made the sleeves patterned too. And so they ended up being st st, and therefore boring!
Here is the sleeve anyway - I pinned it so I could try it on, but it was impossible to photograph it with myself wearing it, so it's on the floor:
I really love the mohair! The merino dk is nice too, but I feel like it's knitted up a little too firmly - it's not as soft as on the ball and feels a bit dense. But it's the tension recommended on the ball, and there's no way in hell I'm reknitting that sleeve, so it stays!
I also seriously hope I have enough yarn. I'll knit the front next and then I'll know if I'm screwed or not! Cross your fingers for me.
Now some food, which certainly is more fun to look at than an unmodelled sleeve. 3 things today! Firstly yesterday's dinner (or in fact the leftovers from it, it was a feast):
It was supposed to be burritos, but we just rolled them up instead of folding them so we could fit more food in! They have mexican rice, and homemade refried beans, guacamole and salsa, and cheese in. They were very scrummy, I love mexican food!
Also yesterday we finally made mince pies - I know, I know, it's January! But with my exams on December the 13th we had no chance to do much christmas stuff before the day itself! These are from Nigella's Domestic Goddess and have frangipane instead of pastry on top, it's an amazing recipe, all cakey and almondy.
And then to use up spare egg whites I made some macaroons:
As soon as they were out of the oven, dizzy with greed from the coconut smell, I grabbed one to stuff in my mouth, unfortunately it immediately fell apart as it was too warm! They were lovely but very rich. I left the others to cool properly before putting them on a plate:
Sorry about all the food in this post! But the sleeve just didn't seem exciting enough to bother blogging about on its own. Hopefully I'll be onto the more exciting front piece next time!
Posted by jen at January 14, 2007 05:55 PM
Comments
I think the sleeve looks great and I can see the potential for your design. I'm very interested in the mixing of yarns and will look forward to seeing the finished front.
Posted by: Polly at January 14, 2007 06:29 PM
Boring - but will be lovely! I just started a scarf...now THAT'S boring! Love the pics of food!
Posted by: Sarah at January 14, 2007 07:14 PM
Ooh, I feel your boring-knitting pain - but I know it will be worth it! I'm sure it will look lovely on you when finished.
And food! More food! Those macaroons look HEAVENLY.
Posted by: anushka at January 14, 2007 09:15 PM
Oooh, "Sleeve Island" is the worst!! And that food all looks positively delicious! I've never tried mince pies before - I had to wikipedia them to find out if they are sweet (I found out they usually are nowadays) or more like meat pies.
Posted by: Robin at January 15, 2007 12:46 AM
Oh your food looks amazing. I don't know why, but I find the concept of Mexican food in England very funny. Are there many Mexican people in the UK? It's my favorite food, so I'm interested in where I can get good stuff.
Posted by: Sil at January 15, 2007 07:31 PM
Yummy!
Posted by: Daniela at January 15, 2007 10:33 PM
love the sweater progress. And I see no need to apologize for such yummy looking food pics!
Posted by: Amy at January 16, 2007 02:44 PM
You're website is immense! I can't wait to see you're finished sweater. I'm going to have to go and eat some dinner now, all that food has made me very hungry!
Posted by: Eternal Sunshine at January 16, 2007 04:46 PM