Proof I Should Live Somewhere Other than the Surface of the Sun (aka Houston)

Like, say ... the Pacific Northwest. Portland is supposed to be knitterly Nirvana. I think I could really get into Portland.

Meanwhile, it's still 8 million (read; 97+) here in Houston. As it will be well into September. We'll get our first "cold" front sometime in ...probably October, so that it's hot (but not sweltering) for Halloween. We might start wearing long sleeve t-shirts (with our flip flops) for Christmas. It will get downright cold, freezing (like 40 degrees F) here a few times. If we are really lucky it will actually freeze a few times to stave off the fleas and mosquitoes for Summer 2010.

Why does this matter? Because knitting is great. I heart knitting. I wish I could knit all the time, in front of the TV watching Bones eating popcorn and not getting fat. I love knitting patterns (and popcorn and Bones) and knitting magazines and knitting books. And yarn, I love yarn. I've been known to knit bulky wool at the pool in August.

But, let's face it. Knitting in the summer is not the best time of year. It's like gardening doing anything in a Houston summer. You may enjoy the results, you may even enjoy the process - but it's sub-optimal. The ultimate goal is to wear wear only enough clothing to avoid arrest. Knitting with wool isn't awesome in the summer. Wool and other sumptuous fibers are a knitter's best friends, and thus fall and winter are the knitter's seasons.

Proof Point #1: Angelica's Coat by Melissa Wehrle. This gorgeous specimen of knitterly wonderment is knit in Beaverslide Dry Good McTaggart Tweeds (I am going to buy the yarn now. Wait, no I'm not. That would bust the yarn budget. I must practice restraint.)

Photo credit: Interweave Knits

The color ... at least on my monitor is ... is so ... blue. So blue.  Don't you want to dive into that color? I wasn't familiar w/ Melissa by name, until know. Although I am sure that I've read her over at Neoknits and she's now on my list of must read knitting blogs. Melissa - congratulations on a beautiful design.

Proof Point #2: An amazing work of art, the  Scoop Pullover by Cathy Carron - I'm not even sure what to say about this. I have a feeling that it's a hard knit - and that it needs a skinny girl to wear it. But, wow. I wish I had 1/10th the talent it must take to design something like this. To conceive of the shape and scale. Knit in Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes you can't go wrong, who doesn't love Blue Sky Alpaca? I mean seriously? Of course, given my notes on the present heat and overall lack of cold weather in the SW Texas. The occasions to wear Alpaca are ... few. I'm knitting it anyway. Hot and fat as I may be.

Photo Credit: Interweave Knits

I can't find a blog for Ms. Carron - and I'm having a bit of trouble w/ the site ... (Ms. Carron, I'd be happy to help you with that site!) ... but well ... who cares. That's one beautiful sweater.

There are other items that I like a lot. But so rarely do knitting patterns jump out at me that I couldn't resist the shout out to the designers of this wearable art.

Comments

[melissa]

thank you so much for the compliment! and i can attest to the fact the color is pretty true to form on the monitor :)

[Carol Yount]

This IS the coat I am knitting that I was in desperate need of more yarn...that you so wonderfully saved by having it! :) I live close to AUSTIN! I'm cold blooded, what can I say. Can't wait to finish this project.