September 10 2005

Here is my latest FO, my huband Jim's birthday basketweave sweater. Designed on Sweater Wizard using a stitch pattern from the 365 Stitch calendar. Machine washable wool, so he can wear it to play golf, mow the grass, and do other stuff. I put in 6 short rows on the front and used one size larger needles on the front as well. I should have done one or the other, both make it a little roomy but given his liking for his wonderful canneloni and all things delicious it will be fine. He hasn't taken it off since I finished it last night, only 2 1/2 months late.

I'm still plugging away on the Eris cardigan. I finished the collar and picked up stitches for the bodice. I started the raglan increases using the suggested cable + increase in the pattern but despite trying 3 different increases I always came up with a hole where the increases were. And, since I am working hard at aligning my tolerance for errors while knitting and my intolerance for errors in finished objects I am visitng the frog pond this afternoon, back to pick up the stithces again and do simple paired increases. Here is the before frogging picture:
The after frogging picture won't get up until later next week; I'm off to LA for a week of work tr