Keld Coat frogging.. and more moving
This weekend in the big moving weekend… We signed the papers (all the 40 papers or so) and in the next few days, the owners of the house will be signing the same amount of papers- and at some point Saturday, the house will be ours. On Sunday, all our things from all parts of the USA are going to converge in our new house, and we’ll probably have just enough time to think about cleaning before the movers arrive with our stuff. To me that means I better get some knitting in QUICK!!! I will barely be able to find my stash and knitting, much less find time to knit something.
I’ve been busily working away of the Keld Coat, which I love so far… I’ve loved it so much I’ve just been knitting away not realising that I’d made a very fundamental mistake. I have made the left side shorter than the back- about 10 rows too short- since I’d miscounted as well on the neck line, I thought I might as well frog the whole left side and do it again- do it proper…. I hate having to frog… HATE HATE HATE… but I hate more knowing I’m wearing something that I knit wrong. I though I might actually get most of the coat done before we move (Peace Fleece is so quick to knit and addictive), but no chance now. I’ve been pretty monogamous to Keld, which is rare for me. I usually have several projects on the go at once, but the same happened with the CHP- I couldn’t stop. I have knitted a few rows of the Thwaite in the yarn it was meant to be in - the British Breeds Sheep Collection Wool- and it is also somewhat addictive. I’ve come to realise that knitting with wool is what I prefer (at least this year).
I got to wear my CHP yesterday when the weather turned from gorgeous sunny to drab and cold. I wore it while it rained and I didn’t feel a drop! I love my CHP!
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The Central Park Hoodie, because of other commitments and necesseties it’s taken me nearly two weeks to finish the back, and finished I am… until I spotted a mistake I made in the cabling… means ripping up about 4 ” or more. I hate ripping up. there’s nothing as disenchanting than having to rip up work that was hard to come by (to find the time to do it!!). I seriously considered just frogging the whole thing and doing something else! I feel like I’ve lost momentum… part of that is due to the disheartening result of the Frock Cami… I’m contemplating redoing the top of that one as well- though I could give it to my younger sister who would probably look fabulous in it!
Filed under 2008, Central Park Hoodie, Frock Camisole, Projects, Still working on it | Comment (0)Frock Cami front and plans for the weekend
I am nearly done with the front- all I have left to do is 11″ of strips.
My concern is that the front part is looking quite small. I hope it stretches! I’ve got more pictures of the Frock Camisole in the Knit Gallery
Unfortunately for this project (but fortunately for me) - we’re going away this weekend to Guerrero Negro in Baja California to look at the whales and baby whales in a lagoon the grey whales use for birthing. It’s a 10 hr car trip, and since I get car sick if I read even for a short while, I’m going to leave this one here and take with me either the Central Park Hoodie, or maybe even better - the Blanket Cardigan. At the moment though, I just realised my better half’s wooly hat is nowhere to be found- seeing as how we have a lagoon tour for 8 am- I’m making another one out of the beloved Peace Fleece using the pattern from Last Minute Knitted Gifts (very useful book!). I’m pretty sure I have more than enough for the CHP and the wooly hat (and hopefully some left over for some colour work in another project I’ve got in mind!).
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