Just Zip It!

I had to redo the zipper in the KP&S Top-Down Jacket.  Can we just talk about how annoying that was?!  This was my first lesson with zippers in knitting and let me tell ya...  If you think you aren't stretching the knitting as you're sewing in the zipper, you're wrong.  What seemed to work for me is to actually scrunch the rows of knitting together as I pinned the zipper in.  It came out perfectly the second time around.  I knit it with Berroco Uxbridge Tweed (from Elann) in Granite Tweed in honor of The Granite State.

It's been a great few days here.  I got to meet fellow knitter, Erica, and her adorable little ball of energy, Reilly.  My friend, Mariana, and I drove up to Würzburg on Wednesday to meet her at the PX (Post Exchange for you civilains) for lunch.  I wish I'd remembered to bring the camera, but alas, I did not.  I'm sure the next time I see her, the new addition to the family will have arrived.  Happy Labor Day, Erica!

I got RAOK'd by Kim yesterday.  She knows how much I miss New England so  she sent me a little bit of home in the form of maple syrup.  There was also a cute card and a bath fizz ball.  Looking forward to using that.  Kim, I was expecting to open it up and find a puppy!  LOL.  Just kiddin'.  There would have been airholes.  It's funny because there was another package from New Hampshire.  My grandfather sent me a little statue of a Chickadee (my fave) in thanks for his last pair of socks.  Thanks, Gramps!

I've been plugging away on the Hardangervidda.  Almost done with the body.  It's a dark and rainy day here in Germany so I couldn't get the light quite right for this photo.  I wanted to show anyone who hasn't done fair isle before that it's pretty lumpy before you block it.  It's like lace in that you see the real beauty after it's blocked and evened out.

Other than that I'm just biting my nails off patiently waiting for my Highland Wool order to arrive.  Won't be till next week.  It takes some time to get over the Atlantic.

Comments

[Person who wants to 'RAOK' you !]

Hi ! Are you still part of the RAOK group ? i can't find your address in the database.If I'm missing it for looking could you post a reply via the yahoo group please ? Thanks ! Great sweater which looks really good on you.Nice flat zipper.

[Annie]

Great sweater! It looks perfect on you. I am dreading the zipper time that I have coming up with my sweater. I was amazed at how quickly Elann got my wool to me. I believe it was all of two days after I placed the order. Now we'll see when I get around to actually using it! :)

[Kerstin]

Yay! You got the zipper in! That's more than I did on my KP&S jacket. (After putting in one on my biker jacket, I decided it would be awhile before I was ready to put in another. Now that it is so difficult, it's just not FUN.) Looks wonderful on you. :)

[Heather (from elann)]

Amazing sweater! I love it and it looks so good on you! Have a great weekend!

[monica]

Great job on the jacket! All that zipper trouble looks like it was worth it.

[pixie]

Do you spin? If so what do you use to spin with?