I should cast on a nice sock or something.
Right now my Rav notebook shows that I have three WIPs going: a super-tricky sweater, an unhappy fingerless mitt project, and a never-ending quilt. There's also a scarf that I haven't yet made a project page for, which should tell you something about my level of enthusiasm.
I left the super-tricky sweater in a super-tricky place: I had to pick up 137 stitches from a provisional cast-on, unpick 274 stitches' worth of provisional cast-ons from my laceweight project yarn, and graft 61 stitches in pattern. It had been in time-out for a while as I pondered those tasks. But! Last night and this morning I got it done. Now instead of a funky sleeve + back + a second funky sleeve, I have an actual bodice. And, bonus, it appears to fit my actual body!
(That red diagonal line at the top left is the cable from a circular needle. I have picked up stitches for the neckband.)
I don't often run across knitting instructions that I find intimidating. I'm usually pretty fearless about diving in and doing things in a way that suits me. But I was reading back through the eleven-page pattern, wondering if I could knit the lapels from the top down instead of the bottom up and minimize the number of stitches hanging out on waste yarn. I was pretty confident about reversing the little cabled turtle pattern, but then my brain froze up at the prospect of reversing the sort-of intarsia sort-of I-cord edge.
So! Waste yarn it is.
I am going to need some conference knitting for next week -- something happy and crankable that does not require me to graft in any stinking patterns. Any fun ideas for me?
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