loxosceles

Remember what I said in the last post about blocking (summary: it's magic)? Well, check this out:



That's the front and back of St. Brigid - the back (on the left) is being wet-blocked, and the front (on the right) is still dry. Looks like I will have no worries about the sweater coming out too small. (Did I mention I didn't do a gauge swatch?)

OK, now remember what I said in the post before last about dropping back a few rows to fix a cable? Try FIFTEEN ROWS. No, really! Try it! Knit up a cabled swatch if you like, then drop out a bunch of stitches and prove to yourself you can pick them back up. If you can knit, you can figure it out. The only real challenge is resisting the urge to have a heart attack.

Progress: front and back done and currently blocking; first sleeve almost done. One more sleeve to go.

Yarn status: outlook is good for finishing the sweater with yarn left over. (I started with 7 skeins of Galway). If I have enough yarn and time, I'll do a pair of fingerless mitts as a victory lap, because I want to look as cool as this chick with mitts that match my sweater.

Distractions: designing my own celtic knotwork cable charts, since good non-copyrighted ones are scarce. Not that I have time to knit another knotwork sweater..