Plugging Along

Progress continues on a few things.

The Pennants Blue Vest:

Not that you can see the pennants yet, post blocking they'll show up.

The Cotton Hoodie:

Boring, but will likely be worn to death.

And another light weight sweater, Firecracker:

Hot stuff!

Terribly slow progress on the current socks so no picture of them.

Current Weather
Mostly sunny, 13C.

Wow, stayed in double digits overnight. That's warm for around here.

The Math Was Right

This

30g

is what I had left after finishing this

Unblocked Hazelnut

What a relief, I was very worried I wouldn't have enough yarn to complete Hazelnut but I ended up with about 30g left. Hmmmm, I could have made the body slightly longer. Note to self.

I'm calling this done although it still needs to be blocked. We have guests at the moment so the spare bed is in use for it's intended purpose and there really isn't anywhere else I can block something as large as a sweater. The risk of feline interference is just too high everywhere else. Since the guests are my sister from Scotland and my Wee Niece and one of my sister's friends with her daughter I'm not really all that worried about it. Besides it's summer so I probably won't wear it for a few weeks yet and it's not like I don't have other sweaters in the meantime.

Pattern: Improvised bottom-up seamless raglan as per EZ
Yarn: Knit Picks Palette in Hazelnut
Needle: 2.75mm
Gauge: 31 stitches and 37 rows = 10 cm

To make this I started with the sleeves and cast on enough stitches to make a nice snug sleeve, worked a couple inches of ribbing followed by increasing every third round until the sleeve was as wide as I wanted it to be, then worked it to the length I wanted. Only calculated the gauge after completing the sleeves. After that I just worked the body, joined the sleeves and worked a raglan shaped yoke. Simple.

OK, I admit I've done a number sweaters like this now so what seems simple to me might not be to everyone. If you need a place to get started with seamless sweaters I recommend knittingfool.com. There is a marvelous calculator on this site that will tell you exactly how many stitches you need. Plus, have a good sit-down with Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitting Without Tears. She covers seamless sweaters really well. I switched things around and worked this sweater bottom-up but I have done several top-down sweaters and followed a bottom-up pattern several times before I felt comfortable improvising on my own.

Current Weather
Mostly cloudy, 17C.

We're into the typical summer weather pattern of low to mid 20s during the day and a thunder storm in the evening.

Wordless Wednesday

Summer Weather

Hey, there was knitting!

No Scent Hurdle this weekend so knitting was accomplished.

Had to frog Hazelnut back to the start of the body when I realized I'd made it too big and I was going to run out of yarn. Sigh. Hopefully this time it works. This one is also good TV watching knitting as it's mostly stockinette stitch.

Also started a vest with a stitch pattern in it. The pattern is called Pennents, I found it in "Knit Stitch Dictionary" by Debbie Tomkies. This will be a basic vest, well except for the stitch pattern that is. Love vests, they keep you warm but not too warm most of the year. Summer, not so much but it's only summer for a very short time here.

Current Weather
Mostly cloudy, 18C.

Had a substantial thunderstorm yesterday, lots of thunder, lightning, and hail. Typical for summer in this part of the world.

Canada

Well, I missed posting on Canada Day. But that's OK because The Yarn Harlot did such a lovely job there's just no way for me to compete anyway.

For myself, I spent Canada Day at an outdoor Scent Hurdle tournament getting sunburned. I wore a hat with a wide brim all around my head and still managed to sunburn my neck and face. We won't even talk about my poor forearms where my t-shirt ended. What can I say, I'm just a special kind of Pale.

Ahab didn't do well at this tournament. It was his first time running on grass, we haven't even practiced on grass, and he decided that the tree at the end of the yard was far more interesting than playing Scent Hurdle. I pulled him after that. The team has an outdoor practice coming up so he can work on his focus while on grass.

Soccer went with us to the tournament as otherwise he'd have been stuck at home alone for many, many hours. There was a pond at the site so there was no way I was going home with a dry dog, he was in and out of the pond every time I let him run around. At one point I saw Ahab climbing out of the pond too, he must have slipped and fallen in as he'd never voluntarily jump into a pond. He didn't look impressed with the situation.

Knitting

Everything continues, joined the final ball of yarn for Hazelnut last night and I'm in a slight panic that I won't have enough even though all the math says I should. Nothing for it but to soldier on. And hope. Maybe I should email KnitPicks and see if they have any left in that dye lot......

Gave my sister her birthday socks. She's not a big sock wearer but she does plan to take them with her on vacation to Scotland so I'm calling that a win.

Current Weather
Mostly cloudy, 22C.

Generally, it's been hot with a thunderstorm in the evening. Typical for summer in this part of the world.