FO in the house!!!

Now the only question is whether the finished object will go OUT of the house...

So, yeah, I finished the straps and the seams and wove in the ends on my tank top tonight, and though it it certainly far from flawlessly made and I do have some qualms about it, the more I look at it, the more I think it may be the most wearable knitted garment I've yet produced. Just to recap, this is the razor cami from a free (and quite popular) pattern from Katie Knits. (Having looked around on the site, I've decided I also want to knit everything Katie Knits. She makes just the kind of fitted sweaters I hope I can learn to knit for myself.) I used just over 4 skeins of a cotton/modal blend yarn, Knit Picks Shine Sport in Silver Sage, and I followed the pattern pretty much to the letter, except that I didn't do the constrast edging at the top and I made my straps with I-cord instead of ribbing. This pattern was really a lot of fun to knit because it required just the right amount of concentration and attention to detail -- not so much that I couldn't properly watch TV while knitting, but not so little I wanted to hang myself with yarn out of boredom by the time my knitted tube was 16" long. The true test of this project, though, will come when I attempt to make an outfit with the cami and get through a day feeling comfortable in it. If that happens, I'll really feel like I completed something.

Next up, I need to finish the second of my pair of Vintage Socks, but before I do, I will probably cast on the Fiber Trends felted clogs I've been planning to make (it seems like everyone knits these, but here is one example I like). I already have the yarn, Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in avocado and blueberry (Okay, so we really like Knit Picks... We do not, however, like Knit Picks' pattern for a knitted tie. If there are any fathers reading this: DON'T WORRY, we will never knit you ties!). I even bought new needles and ordered the pattern from a seller on eBay. So there is a lot invested in this, my first adventure in felting. And though I've come to regret the Christmas of the novelty yarn scarf and I can promise there will never be a Christmas of the knitted tie, I can't promise that if this pattern proves as fun as I expect it will that 2007 won't see the Christmas of the felted clog...