it's cold here

So I'm pretending it's spring. Interweave put up the spring 06 preveiws, and I think I like it. There seems to be alot of cool texture things going on, but not much playing with shape. Sweaters are not being rewritten, if you catch my meaning. The most interesting design is Kate Gilberts circle jacket, which looks like it might be offered as a free pattern... or maybe subscriber content in which case I'm out of luck. The Caftan pullover by Norah Gaughan is also pretty, but not something I would wear. The yarn sounds lovely though. (OOh look at the angry guy in the saddle sleeved pullover. he's either blowing glass or getting ready to take an eye out). Of course I love the ideas behind the lace pullover and the aran rose, but neither one interests me enough to make. The trellis scarf is gorgeus, and it uses one skein of knit picks alpaca cloud, but I could probablly come up with that my stitch dictionary. In fact, I might do just that for my mothers plassard alpaca scarf. I love the felted bag, but I will never understand the compulsion to felt something as beautiful as Montera yarn. It's fifty percent wool and fifty percent llama, which makes it a little coarse but my favorite thing in the world. I dont see myself buying this issue, but I will spend some time with it at Barnes and Nobles.
sock pictures coming up someday...