This is the beginning of a new project, one that will travel easily. It is an off white scarf/vest, the same idea as the first piece I blogged about. It has a metallic coppery trim knit into it. (The piece is in desperate need of blocking, the knitting not really that uneven.) I worked in an irregular rib up the middle of the back shown here. I was looking to make it reminiscent of the spine.



This is a close up of the coppery trim yarn. It is like knitting with a strand of DNA as the space between the color spots is open between the black edges. It makes it very interesting as getting both black strands together for the stitch can be a bit blinding. I feel that the result tho, is worth the effort.

Still working the cuff to cuff

Well, have returned to that cardigan. I am determined to finish it, I'll prob. incorporate the 'front line problem' into a design feature. We'll see. I may do a tube tank to go with it when it's done.

I put that cuff to cuff cotton piece aside to ponder a solution to my 'frontline dilema'. I am now working a pair of fingerless mitts that I set aside a while ago. They are the same pattern as the green ones that I did a while ago but they are a royal blue. Very pretty if I do say so myself. I will snap them when they are finished to share them with you all.

I've hit a snag
and I need to decide how to go forward with this piece. Having finished the back of the neckline I can not figure out how to knit both to the center of the piece as well as towards the armhole from the same line in front of the piece. I may just make the closure in front off center and leave it at that but that is not how I envisioned this piece going forward. The other option is to graft the middle front onto the sweater which will, according to past experience, leave a trace line down the front of the cardi.
It is sitting on hold for now, decisions, decisions to make.

As you can see my needles arrived n I love em (Harmony Zephers from Knitpicks). They are soooo smooth n pretty.
Anyhoo, this is my cuff to cuff knit cardi. The first cuff is nearest to the camera. I am now on the first half of the body. The sleeve, cast on first, was 70 stitches, then cast on further for the body on either side of the sleeve. So far so good, I finally feel that I can work on this without frustration. I hated working from three needles n packing the stitches down so that they would fit.
The yarn, another e-bay find. It's a 3# + cone of cotton. I'll be doing a lot of projects with this stuff before I run out.

Just an update

I am struggeling with a cuff to cuff cardi that is currently sitting on three needles that are not quite long enough. I finally broke down and ordered a set of interchangable circu-cable needles this morning. I will switch it over and put up a pict when the new needles arrive. I am using a varied candy colored, cotton yarn, another e-bay find. It's knitting up nicely but it sure would be easier if the needles were just a tad longer and I did not have to keep stuffing the stitches n switching needles.

These are two snaps of the triangle wrap that I spoke of in my last post. I started by casting on three stitches and just kept adding at the start and end of each row. I worked it until my size 10 1/2 needle would not hold any more stitches. The yarn is a chunky all cotton, another e-bay find, the stitch is p1, k1. The last row I worked to curl with knit one row, purl a row, knit a row (three rows) as I wanted to change the look on the top edge. The fringe is of self yarn with a small knot at the bottom end of the tails to add weight so it will hang and swing nicely, and to keep it from fraying.

Like I said, it's easy-peasy but a nice fun to do piece and wear.