FO: Demeter Camisole

The fact that I kind of disappeared from blog land for a couple of weeks reconfirmed something that Jen and I talked about at the very beginning of Team Knit- that since there are two of us, one of us could always carry the blog for a bit while the other was either a) lagging behind on their knitting, b) tending to their crazy and overly dramatic life, or c) captured by a roving band of kittens and puppies and forced to succumb to their cuteness for days on end. C hasn't happened yet, but I remain hopeful. Mine would be option B, but I'm not going to get into that quite yet....

I got a new camera, I need to spend a bit more time sorting it out (I don't seem to have time for much these days, but good blog photos will be a high priority). I didn't realize until I was cropping these photos that I'm obviously not shooting at the highest resolution I could be. So my apologies on that one, I'll fix that pronto.

So, on to the FO! Here's the front: And the back: And the side:
Pattern: Demeter Camisole, from Sensual Knits
Yarn: Elann Sock it to Me 4 ply
needles: US 4mm and 3.5 mm
Mods: I wasn't crazy about the split neckline, so instead of doing the neckline as specified in the pattern, I p3 together every time the pattern called for sl2, p2tog. And I got this neckline, which I really like:Notes: I wasn't getting gauge, and I didn't want to go up a needle size with such fine yarn, so I just made a size larger (that would be medium) instead). It was still a bit on the small side. I'm going to wet block it again, so it'll be a smidgen bigger. And the bigges tnote of all... The lace curls. Big time. I wet blocked that lace edge and pinned it just so for days... why is it curling?? Why??? I can't get it to stop curling. Here's a close up of the lace edge:
I did have a slight problem with the dye lot of this yarn, but when I sent an email to Elann, they were really excellent. They sent me a replacement skein, free of charge (of course) the next day. But then I've always thought they have great customer service.

I have another project on the go... The Eyelet Ribbed Bandeau from the Spring 2007 Interweave Knits (Ravelry link). I've loving it, the yarn is so sprongy and soft.. it's Tebe Extrafine Merino from Filati (which I bought on Elann.com). It's awesome, I'd definitely use it again. Just look at that:< href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/2399497608_522584684a_b.jpg">

So how supercute are these?! Gardening Socks!Truth be told, For reasons I can't quite explain, I'm kind of coveting that carrot apron, too. I saw this on the Bluelines blog this morning, and fell in love. Considering how much both Jen and I love to garden, I'm amazed we've lived this long without them. Apparently, they are from Bronwyn Lowenthal's book, Love to Knit Socks. I checked it out on Ravelry, and doesn't seem to be there yet- Has anyone made any socks from the book? Reviews? Etc?