Unfortunately, Camellia has a sad ending

It's a good thing this cute little number only took 4 days to knit and seam. There are a number of reasons that poor Camellia will be taking a one-way trip to the frog pond.
You see, the very minute I had finished the seaming, I turned my back for TWO SECONDS and one of the little feline brats decided that Camellia would look lovely with a big hole right in the middle of the back. It's such a shame isn't it? Well, I'm not going to place all the blame on the little kitty because my choice of yarn was not right for this project anyway. Such a cute little sweater but it needs yarn that drapes. And Cascade 220 just does not have the drape. See the sleeves? they look like they've "sprung" back into place even though I blocked everything severely before seaming. I definitely want to make this again but maybe in some cotton or cotton blend.

Oh well. I really don't feel too bad about it. I will definitely be able to use the yarn for something else. Since I knit this with a double strand I have about 880 yards. I absolutely LOVE this color too. I think I must be on a little teal kick.

Sometimes what you need is some thick and quick action

I've started Camellia from Glampyre Knits. I had seen it around but wasn't really drawn to it and then I was looking through her pattern page this week and it just struck me as something I wanted to make....right NOW. :-) I think it might have something to do with me having New Mexico on the brain (even though our vacation is still 2 months away)....Stefanie has so many lovely pictures from there.

It seems that all the other projects I have going are on tiny needles. They're just slower. I need some instant gratification.

The pattern calls for a bulky yarn but I needed something cheaper than that so I'm knitting it with Cascade 220 double stranded. And what a weird construction this garment has! I stared at the pattern schematics for quite a while and still am not sure how the pieces will fit together. I've heard a lot of people say that they wish they had knit it all in one piece.

So, anyone knew that there were knitting novels? My sister-in-law came across this somewhere and picked it up for me as sort of a joke. I really didn't think I'd read it but I was desparate one night. It's actually not half bad! All about murder, alpacas, and eyelash yarn! LOL! pretty funny. This one is second in a series.