I'm going to be such a knitting tease this week. I anticipate that I will finish R.I.B. this week, and should also be able to finish the last bit of my pink Lorna's Laces socks. Unfortunately, the camera will be camping up in the White Mountains, as well as climbing as many as a dozen 4,000+ footers. No pictures for you! Funny how things work ( Read more... )

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The knitting group was great last night. I got a nice start on a R.I.B. sleeve, and taught someone how to do a provisional cast on. This means that I know how to do provisional cast on well enough that I can teach someone. Who knew that? I certainly didn't. It's only been recently that I no longer have to stare at the crochet hook and furrow ( Read more... )

I've decided that the sleeves on R.I.B. won't be too wide after all. I don't think so, at least. I did a bunch of research, and it seems that 18" or so in circumference will be about right. I might change it a tiny bit, but I'm not going to completely redesign them. Of course, I still have to play around with my recalculations for increases, as ( Read more... )

(EDIT: I just posted a bunch of stuff at knitswap in an attempt to de-stash. If any of the knitters here are interested in trading, let me know. I'm having dreams of Koigu socks...)

I can be so foolish at times.

I just finished thinking about and reading advice from amojojo about having to alter the sleeves for St. Brigid to match the slimmer profile, if I ( Read more... )

A picture of the current status of R.I.B., for those of you playing along at home:

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1. 2 rows to go until I bind off for the neck and start working on the minimal shoulder shaping for Rhapsody in Brown. I think. My row gauge is off, so I have to do more rows than suggested to get to the measurement at which I should be working the neck/shoulders. It ended up working out pretty perfectly for the back, with me doing exactly one ( Read more... )

Aw heck, here are some more pictures. These are of the 2 projects that will hopefully be done within a few weeks. What's a blog without in-progress pictures, anyway? They make the finished project all the better!

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