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My cardigan is starting to look like a cardigan!!!
WOW have I fallen off the blogging bandwagon in a big bad way! I've been so crazy-busy with some personal drama and taking on a new babysitting job and work is nuts and I haven't been sleeping and it's just been chaos over here in Willow World. Plus I've been trying to keep up with working on this cardigan that I've had very little time for anything else lately. Like blogging. Sorry.
BUT LOOK!!! I'm finished with my fronts! The chart was a bear, though. Those bobbles, man... I am not a fan. Thankfully by the time I was about halfway through the bobbles I figured out how to make them work a little better but they were still a major pain. The chart went a lot faster and was a lot easier the second time around. My recommendation: work the chart in scrap yarn before you do it on the real thing. That way you can rip it out or tink back and not ruin the yarn you'll actually be working with. I honesty wish I had done that but in the end they still turned out okay.
Pocket - note the lifeline. Lifelines are IMPORTANT.
I have yet to sew my pocket linings onto the pocket fronts, though they have been joined to the body of the sweater (obviously, or I couldn't have continued on the fronts). I'm awaiting some data from darling Karen about how best to go about sewing it in since the obvious way didn't seem to work well for her. I'm looking forward to figuring it out and getting on with the rest of it, since we're beginning to fall a bit behind (the pocket chart, I tell ya, it's a doozy). For detailed notes on my thoughts on the pocket chart and the damnable bobbles, please click HERE to check my Ravelry project notes.
See the little stem? I talk about it in my project notes on Ravelry.
We're doing the sleeves two at a time (it was almost more trouble that it was initially worth because I had to start over 5 times before I got the hang of it). They're coming along nicely, although I'm not entirely sure I'll be finished with them by our meeting tomorrow night. Oops.
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Not quite finished sleeves
Reading:
I confess, the reading has taken a dive. Between the new babysitting job, finishing up my sisters' Confirmation class, tax season, office chaos, cleaning my house, and knitting on the Wildflower Cardigan, I've been reading only in small bursts. These reading bits usually happen when I'm putting off doing the dishes. But I recently re-read The Ramsay Scallop which led me to order Off the Road, a modern day story about the Pilgrim's Way.
If you want to know what else I've got on my needles, head on over to my Ravelry page for a look-see.
That's
it for me today. What have you been knitting and reading lately? Let
me know in comments and then head over to Ginny's to see what everyone
else is up to!
Love,
Willow
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I love the pockets. So cute with a hint of pattern on them. I cannot wait to see the finished project.
ReplyDeleteHi, Desiree! Those pretty little pockets are, all told, the primary reason my friends and I chose this pattern to begin with! The wildflower pattern gives the cardigan its name, and I almost wish we'd looked into the pattern more carefully before we chose it but the sense of accomplishment at having finished them is pretty satisfying. =)
DeleteSounds like you are madly busy, but the sweater is coming along nicely and I agree lifelines are often just that!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! If anyone ever asks me about this cardigan my first words are usually "Lifelines are your *best friends*!" Only a couple more weeks until the sweater's done, though!
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