Please, please, dry.
The grafted round from the wrong side
It’s done. The sweater that sucked the last six weeks of my life into a void of knitting frenzy has been drying on a rack since last night, first on the right side and now inside out to try to speed things up. I’ve learned a lot in the process and, for the record, I am never again going to graft 340 stitches in the round at 8.5 spi in two colors using wool with tiny barbed wires that cling on for dear life. EVER.
8-stitch floats in all the vertical bands.
The heathery hues also made it harder to see what I was doing. Yes, there were problems and I consumed an insane amount of chocolate yesterday.
A bit of short rows in the back of the neck
While I practice my patience today, I may take a break from knitting and run some experiments in the kitchen. How about something non-blue for a change?
Posted by Francesca | 7 comments
karen
looks great…and a little more chocolate, a little more time, some new tempting yarn = another epic project!
Alyssa
I can tell even from the back that it’s going to be gorgeous, though :)
Lydia
That’s amazing work! Thank God for chocolate!
Carolyn
Yay! You did it!!! I knew you could.
Give it a few months before you say ‘never again.’ And if you’d like it to be dry in two hours, drop by! Things dry FAST in front of a biomass stove that blows hot air out the front vents.
I do hope there will be pictures of the outside of the sweater, before you start heading too far away from blue things.
dada
I had to run a search for “biomass stove” to see what it is and I am impressed.
I will definitely post pictures of the finished sweater. I should be able to get Ben to take pictures of me wearing it this Friday. Before that, there will be an orange post. :)
Annie
Woohoo !!! Seriously well done :) You clearly have the patience of a saint !
fleegle
Fantastic job! Incredible!