Weekend Progress

I've done pretty well, knitting-wise, this weekend.

All the pieces of the LaGran pullover have been completed and I have joined them together on the circular needles in order to knit the yoke in the round.  

This was the first time I knit my sleeves simultaneously and it was actually rather nice.  They did seem to go more quickly even though I often lost track of what I was supposed to be doing and knit one sleeve for a few rows before continuing to the second.  This prompted occasional confusion as to where I was and lots of checking and measuring.  Counting was out of the questions given the fuzzy mohair and the dark color.

Once I got the pieces joined together, I made sure the first couple of rows were completed and that my stitches and counts were correct before putting it aside so that I could spend a little time with the Blue Sky Cropped Turtleneck from the new Vogue Knitting.

I an having a great time knitting this sweater.  The pattern is simple. I changed the decreases and increases somewhat on the sleeve to make the sleeves a little bit narrower at the cuff, and then I had to compensate for this as the sleeve gets wider so that it all works out when I get to the body.  

I am hoping this will work out and that the sweater will look good without sleeves that are quite so floppy.

The photo was taken last night; I am a little further along now.  It looks small to me on the needles, but I did check my gauge both before and after washing the swatch and I am consistent with that gauge.  The photo in Vogue looks more loosely knit though.  Perhaps I am not accounting for the stretch of the sweater with wear.

I think the Blue Sky Alpaca Bulky is about the same weight and gauge as the Twinkle Soft Chunky, but it is possible that it is heavier, or somehow tighter and holds its shape better.  Since this is knit from sleeve to sleeve there is no real way to tell until I knit it all and see what happens.  I am trying to account for the post-wash growth when I look at it, but it just isn't registering.  It is not so small looking that it doesn't fit, at least not so far.

Whatever happens, I suppose I can console myself with how much fun I am having knitting this.

Comments

[Gina]

Wow! You made a ton of progress this weekend!

[materfamilias]

Oooh, I really want to see how this turns out -- it's so dramatic in VK's photo