Ooooo. . . silky

Yesterday Theresa and I had a chance to get together and visit a couple of yarn stores in Wheaton, IL. As you can see, something followed me home! I've been in a bit of a slump lately (knitting and otherwise), but now that the holidays are behind me I'm feeling so much better. And I needed a new project to go along with that feeling. I found just the thing -- Liv:

I really liked the feel of the silky wool in the hank and it is knitting up beautifully. I've already got a good start on the back. It helps that we got about 6 in. of snow today. Not much to do except knit.

On an unhappy note, I broke one of my Brittany US1 double points while working on Pete's socks. (Are these socks cursed?!?) I hear that Brittany is good about replacing broken needles and I have already sent an email to them. Hopefully they will come through. I really do like their needles and I hope their customer service is of equal quality.

Comments

[Christina]

Ooooh... I like that design! I'm starting to see why everyone likes Lavold so much!

[Carrie]

I had a bit of trouble with one of my #3 DPN from Brittany. I e-mailed them and a couple weeks later I had a new one in the mailbox! Excellent company to deal with.

[Theresa]

You don't waste any time, girlfriend! Hope you got a lot of mileage on that sweater while the snow was coming down... I know that it helped me get a new project started.

[Lisa]

I found Brittany to be excellent at replacing broken needles. And that Silky Wool looks wonderful.

[Steph]

OMG that sweater is lovely! I keep fondling that silky wool and it's gorgeous. Can't wait to see the finished product (not to rush you or anything!)

[Chris]

Customer service is great! Love the new project.

[Lisa]

I can almost feel the yarn. It looks like it is going to drape nicely from the pattern photo. I love the color you chose too, have fun!

[Pubah]

Pattern alert! I am finishing up on Liv and there are some errors in the pattern on the neck shaping. A great fiber and a nice pattern however. The errors may be posted on the website by now, but I posted the most recent ones on KnitU and on Knitting Beyond the Hebrides as well. Just search for Elsebeth Lavold corrections. Good luck. I did mine in the green and loved it.

[Rob]

Julie,

Great choice of Lavold sweaters--we have several folks working on it from purchases here.

BE WARNED.......there are errors in Liv (and other sweaters from the book), but Liv is the worst. A note today from Elsebeth herself admits to errors and no known timeline for her corrections (she's....."tired and busy" or some such...).

The shoulder shaping is a mess--tells you to repeat from the * and there is no *.

SORRY!