Saturday, May 27, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
Ready for a fresh start

Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Another FO


Two weeks ago, I finished the Deep V the first time. But I wasn't too happy with the fitting, since my shoulders are very small compared to ... let's say ... my waist. So I tried to knit the arm bands tighter and re-block the whole piece, but then it turned even worse. I decided I had to cut off some cloth to make it fit. First I frogged the arm bands, then I picked up stitches for new ones. I think the pattern says "decrease 1 stitch 5 times" in the original armscye shaping. Me, I continued to pick up stitches diagonally 6 times more, and then straight up to the shoulder. The photo shows how much of my knitting that was lost. 2-2,5 cm I think. To secure the stitches this time, I used my sewing machine and then cut off the extra material. And now it fits.
I am one happy knitter!
First Deep V progress pic

I've passed the start of the neck steek! I love these colours and I love the shaping BUT (and this is a big BUT) I'm nervous about the gauge. I knit, washed and blocked a swatch on 4 mm needles and hit gauge almost exactly. This baby, in its unblocked state, is measuring half a stitch more over 4 inches and is ending up measuring like a small instead of a medium. I should trust my swatch, right? Is this going to block out big enough?
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Update on the Blue and Gray

As you can see the difference between the pale blue and pale gray is Very subtle. This is making it hard
to keep the pattern completely accurate, because I usually knit in less than optimal lighting. I've made
quite a few mistakes - the most notable of which is forgetting to purl the faux 'seam' stitch. I'll drop it
tonight and let it ladder down, then pick it back up as a purl. I'll also duplicate stitch the few places where
I've made color work mistakes when I'm done with the vest... As a good friend said, "sometimes you just
need to knit through it!"
Glad there are some fellow vestalongers at my stage on this project!
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Swedish flag?

Monday, May 01, 2006
Coachella + Knitting. Bad Idea
I took my argyle vest to Coachella music fest this weekend. What was I thinking? Sun, Musicalover-stimulation, tiredness, led to some major mistakes. I have ripped back to the ribbing, and
am starting again from that point.
Keep posting girls, very inspiring to be part of this vest-along, even if I haven't exactly done
my part so far...