Pattern: Summer Storm (free on Ravelry)
Yarn: Cascade 220 Heathers (100% merino wool)
First sweater! Overall, I’m pleased. I’m not sure I did the short rows right. The way it was written in the pattern didn’t make sense to me.
If I had to do it over, I’d make it shorter. And I wouldn’t bother with the waist shaping. Or make it more pronounced. I went through the (minor) trouble of doing it and you can’t even tell!
It looks better tucked under.
It’s done!
But I want to give it a quick wash first. So you’ll just have to wait for a full shot.
Saturday came and went, and no sweater. And since vacation is over and I’m back at work, in addition to school, who knows when I’ll finish the damn thing. Next weekend maybe?
Whatever. No more deadlines.
I started my first sweater this past Saturday, and I’ve already got half the body done. So, I’m hopeful I can finish everything this weekend.
If I can knit a whole jacket in under a month, I can definitely knit a simple sweater in the round in less time.
Pattern: Daybreak
Finally. It’s over.
I started this scarf back in August, but it shouldn’t have taken this long. I realized mid-project that I chose the wrong colour combo. I used a variegated orange colour and first combined it with a very dark brown that was more black. Too Halloween for my tastes.
So then I spent weeks waiting for this chocolate brown yarn to be mailed to me straight from the manufacturer (local yarn shops were out of stock).
It’s Casbah by Handmaiden. It’s a merino/cashmere blend. It’s soft, it’s yummy, and machine washable.
Closeup shot.
Even though this was a bitch to finish towards the end as I had more and more stitches on the needle, I’m already thinking of making another.
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