Yawn
Bit of a boring post to reflect boring knitting.
Sigh…stuck in my own little twisted-rib purgatory. Been working on the cabled yoke jumper from Vogue Knitting, but alas, no end in sight. Have a few challenges to face. Didn’t think I’d have to rework so much of the pattern to get what I want.
Alteration No. 1
Thanks to Blog-Commenter-Britt, the jumper, which appears to have a nice stand-up neckline, is in fact a trick of the camera. Further exploration on Ravelry proves that the amount of cables make for a floppy or large roll-down neck. Hmmm…will need to fix that, most probably by taking out some cable segments and surrounding stitches on each raglan sleeve which decreases into the neckline.
Alteration No. 2
Don’t quite fancy the way the seaming shows on the reverse stocking stitch on the raglan edge. Think I’ll need to join up the front, back, and sleeves as soon as I can and knit the yoke on circulars through the cabling to avoid that. Should have channeled a bit of EZ-circular-thinking when knitting the front and back panels.
Ah, just when I get to the interesting-non-twisted-rib parts, it’s time to divert to the sleeves…more twisted rib. Sigh (again).
And yet, as boring as the knitting is, it makes for good DVD watching. This weekend, an Irish favourite… ‘Waking Ned’ (otherwise known as ‘Waking Ned Devine’ in the US release). Right, so it certainly has countrified Irish stereotypes throughout, but a great example of quick and cheeky Irish wit. Super soundtrack as well.
What a beautiful color your knitting the sweater in, and a lovely design. Sadly i am not to the point of being to re-work patterns and know what i am doing, lol. I love the movie waking ned devine! Watched the matchmaker the other day, another favorite!
25 Feb 2008 at 6:01 pm
And, with Ned, you get the added bonus of a naked old man on a motorcycle.
25 Feb 2008 at 8:15 pm
Keep hacking through. Looks great so far. David Kelly in the buff (with snappy black socks)!
25 Feb 2008 at 8:54 pm
I love that movie! And I love the sweater. Hope you make the transition to yoke with little to no issues.
25 Feb 2008 at 9:44 pm
Waking Ned is my favorite movie and soundtrack! I’m forever quoting odd bits of the movie. Good luck on the sweater, it is beautiful!
26 Feb 2008 at 6:10 am
ahhh what would we do without Ravelry and its ton of advice, suggestions, explanations, temptations too
I’m about to succomb to the flirty skirt…haven’t yet 
the colour you chose is really lovely. Thank you for sharing this title…I will look for this DVD at the library (where I found a weekly group for toddlers).
26 Feb 2008 at 9:23 am
Wise choice not to knit up the color in the picture. Gray in February?
Love Waking Ned Devine!
26 Feb 2008 at 1:23 pm
beautiful color on the sweater. and waking ned devine is one of our all time faves.
05 Mar 2008 at 8:55 am