Sorry about Meredith, Kim — she lived! I told you they would never kill off the show’s namesake. My daughter and I were both disappointed with the writing the last few shows.  Shondra must be paying too much attention to a possible spin off with Addison. I’ll give them another chance, though….
I’ve been working on Eris. Here is the back. The picture is from my scanner so the color is more accurate.
I am 2″ past the point where you divide the body from the sleeves — woo hoo! AND, with the beauty of top down knitting, I tried on the little puppy and it appears to fit.Â
Sally and I are making a few alterations to the pattern. One of these can be seen here. Jenna had a built-in stockinette edge along BOTH edges of the collar. I left the one on the inner collar off so I could pick up later and do an applied i-cord edge. The advantage is that you can guarantee that the edge will be the exact size you need, and after trying it on, I will need to tighten up that edge quite a bit*. I did this in the Rogue Hoodie as well, because I had seen too many of them (on blogs) that had a floppy edge along the hood. Doing the collar this way would interfere with the cabled detail at the center fronts — I opted to finish the hem like the pullover so as not to accentuate my tummy. Let’s face it. I do not need a big arrow pointing out the fact that I have a too-big tummy. I prefer camo, thank you very much. Sally does not have this problem, but does prefer the look of the pullover anyway.
I went to knitting last night and had a blast. What a crew! After a week of computer torture training, I needed a break. We have a “celebrity” that joins our group on occasion and has been there the last couple of Thursdays: it’s author Monica Ferris. She has written a number of books, but several are knitting-related murder mysteries that take place in a fictional knitting shop in Excelsior, Minnesota. She has mentioned some of our knitting peeps in her books, so it’s kind of fun.
*Jenna does include short rows to make the inner edge smaller.
PS — to Connie: Sally is planning to start hers today.
Love your sweater – it is moving along really fast! Has Sally started hers yet?
Comment by Connie — February 23, 2007 @ 10:20 am
It’s me again! I have started the collar, did you have problems with holes at the make one location? Do you usually twist the stitch to close up the hole? My gauge seems to be holding but I have only knit about two inches with the cashsoft. Is the cascade 220 you are knitting with a soft yarn? Sorry about all the questions, I too am concerned with the light weightness of my yarn choice.
Comment by Alison — February 23, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
From Susan to Alison: Re: make 1 — yes, you have to twist the st or you will make a yarnover (which is meant to create a hole). In this pattern, you make 1 as to purl: insert the tip of the lefthand needle under the running thread from the back to the front; then purl the strand that is now on the needle. Re: Cascade 220 is very soft — like merino.
Comment by lv2knit — February 23, 2007 @ 5:08 pm