My Mom complained about seeing dead flowers on my blog page for far too long, so here’s a fresh sparkly new blog post, and it’s about knitting! I decided to rip out the body of the elegant sweater (even though I was at the arm-join), and redo it. I knitted it back to almost the arm-join again, only this time the edging is a little longer and flows into the stockinette more smoothly. The body is knit in the round, so I added faux purl-stitch side seams. As an added bonus, the sweater is now the same size around as I am! Here’s a pic which shows off the edging. Because the yarn was ripped out and re-knit, the stockinette of the body is not as smooth as it was the first time, but I think it’ll be fine after I block it. The yarn is a silk-wool blend, which means I can spit-splice it instead of trying to weave in ends! I am a little nervous about washing it. I didn’t try washing a swatch to see what happens, mainly because I barely have enough yarn to begin with. I really hope that I a) have enough yarn and b) it doesn’t felt in the wash.
Unfortunately, I’ve put this project aside for a time because I have a few more pressing projects to finish. Come back tomorrow for more details on what else I’ve been up to!
