April 24, 2005
Two sleeves are better than one
ah yes, I now have two Lucky sleeves. Someday I may have the whole sweater. only time will tell if that day will ever come.
Working with this skinny yarn takes FOR-EVER. Seriously. I spent hours and hours and hours of knitting time before coming up with this second sleeve. 3/4 sleeves were looking really good.
I lengthened them, as I usually do, to about 19" before starting the sleeve cap. Other than that, I followed the directions per the pattern.
With regards to the clovers and how close they get to the edge: I preferred at least 3 stitches (including 1 selvedge stitch) between the edge and the first clover YO. In some cases, I let a clover get by only 2 sts away from the edge, but usually only when it was going to be decreased out of existence on a future row.
At the top, I skipped what would have been the uppermost row of clovers:
And finally, for all pieces of this sweater, I have opted for the ever-beautiful tubular cast on:
because hey, if you're going to spend a definable portion of your life knitting something, why not throw in some tubular cast-on action?? In the greater scheme of things, its just nothing at all.
Comments (4)
Looking good! Love the tubular cast-on. Love that you seem to be in a green mode. :)
Posted by Karma | April 25, 2005 2:16 AM
Posted on April 25, 2005 02:16
Gosh darn.. your tubular cast-on is just, well, once again, perfect! It makes me extremely jealous because I want to just magically know how to do this method without having to kill myself to try to learn! he he...
I know how you feel with the small yarn. Too many projects with too small a yarn!
Can't wait to see the finished product! I found that since I started blogging, I am much more inclined to knit and finish... I just can't wait to post about a finished piece! So, knit on!
P.S. I am finally caving and buying the SNB nation book... :). Thats four new knitting books in the last two weeks!
Posted by Dani | April 25, 2005 9:27 AM
Posted on April 25, 2005 09:27
ok, I must try this cast on...although way too late for Lucky...I am finishing my 3/4 sleeves...thats right, 3/4 it is! Winnie has finished hers, I just saw, I am so jealous...it looks gorgeous...go see for inspiration...guavaseeds.blogspot.com/
Posted by carolyn | April 25, 2005 9:36 AM
Posted on April 25, 2005 09:36
I'm going to have to try that tubular cast on one of these days. I forgot when I started my cardigan. Oh well, there's always the next one. :) Those sleeves look great. You'll eventually finish, I promise.
Posted by Stephanie | April 25, 2005 1:20 PM
Posted on April 25, 2005 13:20