49 degrees, clear skies
Nary a snowflake in sight. Keep guessing!
I made decent progress on Hourglass over the weekend: I finished the body (a second time) and one sleeve:
The folded-over hems on Rogue made me realize that I didn't want the bulk of two layers of aran-weight yarn around my middle, so I went looking for an edging that would lie flat but not be too obtrusive--I really like the clean simplicity of Hourglass and didn't want to do anything too fiddly on the edges--even seed stitch seemed disruptive. Luckily Anna posted the other day about Annie Modesitt's slip-stitch edging on the Backyard Leaves scarf from Scarf Style, so I adapted that for working in the round, and it looks pretty good, I think.
The working-in-the-round adaptations are
Row 1: *K1, slip 1 yif* to last st, K1
Row 2: slip 1 yib, *P1, slip 1 yib* to end.
It's not quite as elegant as it would be in a finer yarn (see Anna's silk Trudie edging), but it's stockinette-y enough that it blends naturally into the body of the sweater, and it does lie flat. Hurrah!
I made Bailey model the beginning of the second sleeve for you. Disregard the still-unpacked boxes of books in the background.
I made decent progress on Hourglass over the weekend: I finished the body (a second time) and one sleeve:
The folded-over hems on Rogue made me realize that I didn't want the bulk of two layers of aran-weight yarn around my middle, so I went looking for an edging that would lie flat but not be too obtrusive--I really like the clean simplicity of Hourglass and didn't want to do anything too fiddly on the edges--even seed stitch seemed disruptive. Luckily Anna posted the other day about Annie Modesitt's slip-stitch edging on the Backyard Leaves scarf from Scarf Style, so I adapted that for working in the round, and it looks pretty good, I think.
The working-in-the-round adaptations are
Row 1: *K1, slip 1 yif* to last st, K1
Row 2: slip 1 yib, *P1, slip 1 yib* to end.
It's not quite as elegant as it would be in a finer yarn (see Anna's silk Trudie edging), but it's stockinette-y enough that it blends naturally into the body of the sweater, and it does lie flat. Hurrah!
I made Bailey model the beginning of the second sleeve for you. Disregard the still-unpacked boxes of books in the background.
posted by Ashley at 1:45 PM
5 Comments:
That edging looks great - I am definitely going to try the technique when I get the opportunity!
Nice edging!
Bailey looks a bit like Queen Victoria. Was Bailey not amused either?
Very nice edging!
Looks like we might get the snow that you were supposed to...
Nice edging idea. The sweater looks great so far, I really like the tweedy yarn. Elegant handknitted doggy crown ;-)
I think that came out really well! I've got hourglass on my want list so will have to remember that technique. Bailey is such a doll - is it safe to assume there is biscuit somewhere off to the left? LOL
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