Traveling ShellsWhile there I found the Spring/Summer VK. I used to have a copy which, along with several other items, I hope to someday find in the garage. But, just in case, I bought it. (Doesn't that assure that I'll find the other copy?) In it is Shirley Paden's Traveling Shells cardigan. It was calling to me again, so I swatched a couple of yarns and got the feel of the pattern again, but neither really was close enough to gauge, so I decided to pull out the UFO I'd started in San Jose.
In April, I pulled it out thinking I'd be clever and finish it as a vest, since the sleeve is one of the items MIA. If I'd looked closely I'd have seen the problem.
Later I thought I did.
But upon closer inspection, I realized the reason one shoulder was wider than the other was that I'd divided the fronts and backs wrong in the beginning. So here's my progress now.
Dressing Gown
So now that I'm on a jag to finish things, I've also pulled out my mom's dressing gown. I'm not counting on it being a Mom's Day present after all (there's always Christmas), but I'm going to plug away at it anyway.
Yarn
Oh, and I did succumb to some yarn. Luscious Artyarns Silk/Mohair. You can't quite see it, but the top hank has glitter in it. But it will have to wait.
Such fine work! I couldn't imagine knitting a dressing gown! There's a robe in Mason Dixon Knitting that my sis would love but I couldn't imagine myself taking all the time for it. Bummer on your shoulder divide. That's something I'd easily do!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joan.
ReplyDeleteI'm still plugging away on the first (left) side. Following directions, I stopped decreasing the neck and realized the shoulder was way to wide to be a vest, so I pulled out again. It's a good thing I really like the pattern and I guess it's better than starting the whole thing from scratch.
Hi, Patty! Somehow I missed your blog amid the blogging chat at Elann! Nice to 'meet' you, and I've added your blog to my daily reads.
ReplyDeleteWoman, if you're gonna knit a dressing gown, you probably will win any knitting prize around for determination and stick-to-itive-ness. That's going to be HOW many skeins??
I'm teetering about Wren partly because of the skein count; somehow, doing Ribby Cardi didn't seem like so much, since I swapped colors, lol!