Now back to your regularly scheduled knitting talk. I fell a bit behind in the original finish date for the SSKAL, so a lost some of my motivation to work on my sweater. Everyone in the KAL so kindly voted to extend the finish date! Yay! So I started working on the arm of my sweater. I decided I won't decrease in the arm as fast as the pattern calls for, I don't want the arms to end up too tight! I'm going to wear my sweater more as a jacket so I would like a layer or two underneath.
To adjust for the fact that I knit tighter in the round than flat I went up a needle size. I used an US 8 for the body and I switched to a US 9 for the arm. I need to get to work! I'm a just a tad further along in the arms that my pictures show; I'm just to the elbow now.
In other news, the Olympic KAL I mentioned above wrapped up at the Olympic closing ceremonies. When everything was added up and counted I won a prize! Yay! Competition you are such a great motivator!
Andrea from This Knitting Life sent me this beautiful skein of Swan Island fingering weight yarn. This is a beetroot base dye that is just gorgeous, such a tonal purple. I can't wait to find the perfect project for this! Thanks Andrea!
I'm joining Ginny for the Yarn along and Frontier Dreams. I just finished Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, 3 out of 5 vote for me. I went in thinking that it wasn't an original HP book so I wasn't too disappointed. I'm glad that I read it but I won't need to again.
Hello Sierra, your sweater is beautiful. I love the cables and the creaminess of the yarn color. My girls found _Cursed Child_ very exciting and satisfying. I thought that it was a little "over the top" at some points, but thought that it would be fun to see performed.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be amazing to see it performed! I found it was an interesting story line but I really missed the descriptions from the original series.
DeleteFun to see that yarn in a totally different realm. Much love to you! xoxo Andrea @ This Knitted Life
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to fit it into my winter knitting in the next couple of months!
DeleteOooh, what a gorgeous sweater! It actually has a lot of similarities to the one I'm knitting right now, the Earnest cardigan by Joji Locatelli -- a cable collar and fronts, and a textured body.
ReplyDeleteI gave "HP and the Cursed Child" a 3 out of 5 too, partly because the story was kinda weak and partly because reading a play script is just not the same as reading a novel. I felt the same -- I'm glad I read it, and it was an enjoyable trip back to Hogwarts, but it's hardly going to be a lifelong favorite.
They are so similar! Her pattern wasn't even on my radar so thanks for sharing! I really wish the book had been as amazing as the originals but it just fell short.
DeleteLovely sweater! I love that cabling!
ReplyDeleteI love the cables! They aren't a traditional motif and I'm really enjoying knitting them!
DeleteThis sweater is just so gorgeous -- aren't KALs the best motivation?! I'm a KAL junkie. The prize you won is just lovely!
ReplyDeleteI find KALs so motivating! I'm struggling just a bit with this sweater currently because it's so big and it's really warm in NorCal
Deletebeautiful cables in your current knitting project and that purple skein is divine!!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to knit with my prize! I'm so in love with my cables. Just have the arms to go!
DeleteOh, this sweater looks absolutely amazing!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm finished with the first sleeve and picked up for the second!
DeleteYour cardigan is looking so amazing, I love the simple cream colour, and that cable is wonderful! And congrats on the pretty skein of Swan's Island, it looks great!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy with the color, its one I wear all the time so I can't wait to have this sweater to add in to the mix.
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