Yesterday, Cyndi and I met up at Borders to knit together! It was much fun to catch up with her and see the pretty sock that she was knitting. I was also thrilled because she taught me the twisted German cast-on! As soon as I got home, I practiced this new technique. This picture doesn’t show much, but here it is anyway:
The cast on works really well and is very neat! Thanks for teaching me, Cyndi!
I just started the Kepler Sweater. Kepler is very cool because the cable pattern runs horizontally along the bottom edge. My gauge is way off (with the swatch being ½” too small), but I’m hoping that I can compensate by knitting the sweater in a larger size. This is the first cable band for the sleeve (almost complete):
If you are interested, there is also a knit-along.
The Zigzag Modular Scarf (pattern p57) is another project on the needles. This short-rows scarf will be a Christmas present. I haven’t worked on it much, but it’s going pretty quickly.
I’m using Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran in dark red (color #300611) for DH’s ribbed scarf. I know I’ve raved about this yarn in the past, but DB Cash Aran is one of my favorites because it is so soft and easy to work with!
The color is more accurate in the yarn photo, not in the scarf photo.
I’m about halfway done with the scarf so it should be complete in plenty of time for winter.
I have been really excited about knitting the Tivoli Tee, but I had a little incident with it on Friday night. I finished the increases for the yoke, divided the stitches for the armholes, and was a few rounds into the even bust section. I decided to try it on, and found that it was way too small for me. I know that it is supposed to stretch, but my Tivoli was very, very uncomfortably tight, especially at the armholes. I knit a flat gauge swatch beforehand and achieved gauge, but perhaps my gauge changed for knitting in the round? I’m not too sure. So I ripped the entire thing and started over (thus no picture right now). Hopefully the next size up won’t be too big for me! If you are knitting the Tivoli/Picovoli too, we have a knit-along!
