My mother pointed out, quite rightly, that myrtille is not myrtle. Polly noted that as well. Apparently the French word 'Myrtille' can either be a blueberry or a bilberry (depending on where you are from) whereas a Myrtle in French is 'Myrte'. Ah well, the stole remains the 'Myrtille stole' in my book.
And it's nearly finished. No pics yet, but I am working along the final short edge and hope to be done tonight and get to block it tomorrow.
In the meantime, here's my Flighty. Yes, nearly 3 years after I started her on, she's done. Some of you may remember that I originally cast on the version with eyelets (the same as the one as the model is wearing in this post) but the eyelets were very unfortunately placed so I ended up giving it to Kristine as a store sample for Knit Happens. Then I spent ages working out what colours I wanted to knit this one in.
My choice of colours turned out to be less than perfect. When I held the balls of yarn next to each other, they looked great but once knitted up, you can't really tell the difference between the light pink and the being yarn. Oh well. And I have to say that I don't like Flighty very much after all. The straps are too low, the front V bit curls up (you can't tell in the picture but trust me on this one).
But hey ho, she's done and can go into the FO box and be ignored from now on. Even though I don't love her as much as I undoubtedly should, I thought I'd share a few of the details:
I managed to attach the straps quite well, I was originally a bit worried that the seam might show through but that hasn't actually been a problem.
And I am quite pleased with the buttons that I used. They are Rowan buttons and are really rather lovely.
And the colour of the buttons is just perfect.
Oh and by the way, guess where I am going next Sunday?
That's right, to the Innocent Village Fete. Apparently Rowan are going to be there so the husband thinks that my buying 2 tickets was all a ploy to get to do more knitting. But I really think that it sounds like a fun day out. If you are going, let me know and we can arrange to meet at the Rowan tent/ bit if you fancy.
Posted by Amelia at July 28, 2007 03:34 PMLooks great Amelia. We may be heading down on Saturday, our LO hasn't been 100%, so not really sure. Looks like a great day out, especially if the weather is great.
Posted by: Kirsty at August 3, 2007 06:50 AMWe'll be there on Sunday too :-)
Posted by: Diane at July 31, 2007 10:31 PMLooks great on you - you can also wear it like a vest to jazz up the dull winter colors.
Posted by: Ann at July 30, 2007 02:23 AMIn the pictures, at least, the two colors look different. I think Flighty looks nice, although I agree with you about the straps. It must feel *so* great to have an old UFO finished!
Posted by: Amy at July 29, 2007 04:17 PMi think that it looks lovely on you. it does feel good to polish off these long term UFOs.
Posted by: polly at July 29, 2007 12:54 PMFlighty looks great, I like the colours and the buttons are the perfect match. and I love the back detail too. Its a shame to just leave it in the FO box, you could always try sewing ribbon on the inside of the edging, this usually helps to prevent curly edges.
Posted by: Tracy at July 29, 2007 10:06 AMI can't wait to see Myrtille! And I think Flighty looks quite lovely!
Posted by: Meg at July 29, 2007 07:19 AMI have to say that you did an excellent job... the striping is all perfect - that must have taken so much counting!
I also have never seen a cast on in eyelet - it's astoundingly beautiful... maybe I'll muster up the courage someday to try to learn that!
It looks great! I love it. And the little detail at the back is so cute.
Posted by: hege at July 28, 2007 11:18 PMFlighty looks comfortable, even if it is a bit too low. Of course, that might just be the insanely hot weather I've had to endure that's making me say that. :p
(Nah, it still looks quite comfy anyway.)
Posted by: Ria at July 28, 2007 03:42 PM