progress. and books!

wow. Asana is FLYING. I never imagined that something on size US6 and 7 could knit up so fast, but I'm already up to the top band. whee! I hate garter rib, but it means I'm almost done! =D

in other news, I finally went to the library again for the first time in years, and checked out two knitting books. one is very old, and has both crochet and knit stitch patterns in it (which is cool, I crochet too). the other one is The Knitter's Bible by Claire Crompton. it's got some really nifty stitch patterns in it, and some reeeeally nice cable and lace patterns. plus helpful hints on how to do certain techniques and such. quite nice. I wouldn't want to buy it, but it was (for me) worth a few readthroughs and scribbling down some of the stitch patterns, so I'm glad the library had it.

whee! okay, back to knitting. =P

and an Asana in progress. my camera chewed it up so bad! oh well, it's really lovely and it's so much fun to knit, even though the endless stockinette seems like it ought to be a pain. I'm into the bodice increases now. the yarn is Lion Brand Cotton-Ease, which is really dreamy for me to work with as I've only ever used one other yarn that wasn't acrylic! such lovely drape... *drool* 

side view of Skully. logo the second. logo for the Golden Rhinos. it wraps around my arm so you can hardly see it, but the chart really rocked, and I was proud of it. ^_^;; 

side view of Skully, logo the first. logo for the Rokkaku Group. 

finished Skully. I used my own charts; these are logos from a video game called Jet Grind Radio. my SO got me hooked. =) he loves this sweater, too. hee! 

back shot of the X-back. in this picture you can see the cincher ribbon a little better. I love how this came out in the end. I still want to add a little to the bottom but I love the fit and the feel and the fact that I made something so freakin' sexy! 

front view of my X-back. much better pictures than the original shots I took! these don't make me look fat! =D