Just got home from work - and thought I'd squeeze in this "teaser" post - Guess what's off the needles??? Yup, Autumn Leaves Cardigan.
woo hoo!!! Yes, there was enough of the orange to get the matchy-matchy effect on both sleeves. (lucky me!)
If I can keep my eyes open long enough tonight, there will be the ceremonial weaving in of all the ends.
See all those teensy little balls of different colors in the photo? errr, yes, that is a few of the times I had to break the yarn to "move ahead" to the color I needed...... multiply by 2 for each location, plus all the times I changed colors totally, and you get what??? yes - a bazillion threads to weave in.
So what has this intrepid fiberwizard done?? poured herself a fabulous dry, dirty, excellent vodka martini with blue cheese stuffed olives (you should try it Carole, they are amazing).
I figure that we all need a bit of fortification with such a daunting task ahead (giggles to self)
Following the grand weaving in of the ends, there will be a rousing chorus of securing the front facings, followed by the ever so quiet soak and block party (geesh, I think I am totally tired and punchy and being silly....feel free to roll your eyes and laugh at me)
Sorry 'bout the slightly blurry photo, I haven't yet figured out the focus point on my iphone, and that was all I had with me at work to take photos in decent light...
whoohoo!
i love those olives :-)
Posted by: vanessa | June 20, 2009 at 08:05 PM
Beautiful! Can't wait to see it. Autumn is quite the accomplishment.
Posted by: margene | June 21, 2009 at 05:52 AM
Hooray for finishing! I've had those olives at Cheesecake Factory but have yet to find good ones at the store as they are all packed in oil and make the martini slimy. Did you buy these or stuff them yourself?
Posted by: Carole | June 21, 2009 at 06:02 AM
Yay!! How did the end weaving go?!
Posted by: Chris | June 21, 2009 at 07:15 AM