A new project

I went to my LYS yesterday. I picked this sweater and this yarn. So, I cast on for the back last night and thought it didn't look like it would be wide enough, so I did a swatch and I'm about 1/2" off gauge. I checked Berroco's web site and found that the yarn called for has a slightly larger gauge, but I didn't really like the colors, so that's why I got the Brushstrokes Cotton. I quick found a yarn that would work and bid on it at Ebay and decided the Brushstrokes would be better as a sleeveless turtleneck.

So, I have to check tonight, but I think the sleeveless turtleneck in Knit It will work. I don't think the Homespun called for is the same gauge as the Brushstrokes, but it's only slightly smaller and I knit pretty tight, so we'll see how it goes.

Arg! Tuesday I was just about to bind off one of the slippers when I decided that I misread the pattern and needed to make them longer. So I frogged back to before the decreases and started knitting again. Took them with me to the shop and asked and I was right the first time. Silly me.

I also asked if I was purling correctly in my continental style and the owner said I was. She also remembered someone showing her another way to purl continentally and tried to do it but couldn't remember. It looked like the way shown in Knitting without Tears, so I'm going to try to work it out (I checked the book out from the library again)

I'm taking a class next week on small seam stitching and found out that Maggie of Maggies Rags will be teaching it. I don't know if she's famous or anything, but it seems like I've heard of her before.

Posted by tonya at April 19, 2002 10:02 AM