I finally hit the spot where I needed to start the short rows for the straight bottom. After tons of pondering, “oh yeah, that’s the way to do it” I bit the bullet and just started. It’s only knitting right? There were a couple things that made this more complicated than the simple math I […]
sugar maple
Sugar Maple progress
You remember Sugar Maple, right? It’s been over a month since I last worked on her. I just need to do the hip increases and figure out how to make a straight bottom. In other words, I still have a chance of getting this done in time for Rhinebeck. I have to thank Christy for […]
Math can be a cold-hearted b*tch
Last week’s progress was good – but not good enough. I needed to knit 350 yards last week but I barely hit 200. And I knitted as much as I could. If I didn’t make it last weekend, I had no chance of hitting 350 during other weeks. So, I’ve changed my Rhinebeck goals. I’m […]
She has arms
I knitted as much as I could this week (not nearly as much as I had hoped though) and got to the armholes. I can finally really see a color change! Oh, and I tried it on and it fits too. Phew. Up next is binding off the arms and then lots of straight knitting […]
Yarn has been acquired!
And I’m in love. So much so that the anxiety over screwing it up made it so I couldn’t bring myself to CO the day it arrived. Have you ever experienced that? I finally settled on a size, acquired the right needles and cast on by mid-day Saturday. I’ve only done a few rows but […]