On to sleeves

Although many many things have been going on in this murmuring household, knitting has not really been among them.  I did finish the front of Bombolo on Friday but didn't even manage to get it on the blocking board until late this afternoon, in not the most photogenic of lighting situations. 

I did spend some time wondering if it was even worth blocking, the yarn is almost half acrylic and there is really no point to blocking acrylic yarn, but I decided that, since the greater half was wool, a little blocking  probably couldn't hurt things, and it seems like it was a good idea just to help square things up a little bit.

I really love the shape and look of this piece of knitting and am very much looking forward to getting this put together so I can wear it.  Now that winter is finally here, even with a dearth of snow, it is perfect warm snuggly sweater weather.

Here is the back.  Notice the shaping is somewhat different.

I started on the sleeves last night but I only the got the first couple of rows done before I realized I would need to rechart them, not because there was anything wrong with the charts, or because I made any corrections or changes, but just because the charts in the book were a little small to look at conveniently while watching television.

The other advantage of reproducing the chart is the convenience of flipping the pattern to make the second sleeve a mirror image of the first, without having to remember to reverse the pattern while I am knitting. 

Comments

[Gina]

Your re-charting brought a huge smile to my face. I think it's that same smile that crosses my face when you mention your knitting project database -- the knitting nerd smile.