I have been very quiet. It’s okay though, because I come bearing an FO.
Pattern: I Do from Knitty
Yarn: JaggerSpun Zephyr Wool-Silk 2/18
Yarn Source: Stash, originally purchased from emerald city stuff off of ebay
Needles: inox 16″ circs, harmony wood dpns and interchangeable
Time to Complete: about 2 months (March – May) but that was with some periods of hibernation in between. I did the whole second side in one week, with an annoying amount of ripping out.
Modifications: None
I’d been planning this project for awhile now, and for a while I hated it. I grew to really like it though, as the pattern is easy once it flows, and it does turn out a nice finished piece. I think, after wearing it, if I were to make it again I would cast on fewer stitches so I had a more fitted sleeve. The pattern as written would look lovely with a wedding dress, but I’d like a slimmer fit as a wedding guest, if only because it’d be easier to deal with.
There was quite a bit of ripping out for this project, mostly because I didn’t pay enough attention. The most heart stopping was that I overknit the second sleeve by 4 18 row repeats and only discovered this on Wednesday afternoon. We left for Boston the next day, so I had to knit like crazy for the next few days to be able to finish. I finished the knitting part at 3:30 Friday night (Saturday morning?) but it took me TWO HOURS to finish the kitchener stitch to stitch the two pieces together. Terrible. I loosely blocked it and it dried all day on the hotel floor, then I wore it to a friend’s wedding with an emerald green dress. I was pleased.
Here’s a picture of it blocking on the floor of the hotel room, because that was ridiculous:
I know I have lots to talk about, but I will leave that to a separate update post.
