Sleeves and a Swatch

Since last week I have finished a sleeve and a half on the Ocean Glow. I also thought about my visit to the yarn shop. Linda quizzed me about the amount of yarn I needed for this sweater. I had taken six 50gm skeins of the magenta and was confident that this would be enough. The first skein ran out about the middle of the first sleeve cap so now, I am not so sure. 

I am pretty sure that Linda was trying to ask me if I was buying enough to complete the project. I seem to be having the problem of not quite enough to finish this year. There may be a trip to the shop next week.

I think this project is looking good.

Instead of concentrating entirely on the Ocean Glow, I had a craving to swatch today. I assembled skeins to make a Milo design by Berroco. I have 12 ounces of turquoise, 8 each of green and dark blue and about 8 of two different purples which I plan to alternate. The purples will be A, blue and green will be B and C and turquoise will be D. I like the way the colors play together so it is a go for the next project. 

Ocean Glow Edges

Here is the next project.

This is an adult version of a child's pattern from Small Knits  by Tone Takle and Lise Kolstadcalled Ocean Glow. I originally thought the body would be turquoise and white, but the white did not stand up to the colored edges. 

I planned to visit Nancy at Nancy's knits to show off how great the yarn I purchased worked out in the sparrow sweater. That was my excuse to visit her worsted yarn. So many choices. I ended up with a dark magenta and I am much happier.

While I was fussing, I decided that I should do the colored edges for both sleeves and the body. That way, I don't have to remember how the pattern worked and can get past all the join without twisting and fussing with the picot.

I also wanted to make sure that I had enough of the bits I needed for the edges. I'm tired of scaring myself. Here is a closeup. Nice?

Post Harvey FO

When last seen, the knitting was complete, but the ends needed to be worked in. All is complete now.

Before gifting, I plan to bring it in to Nancy's Knits to show off how awesome the color match of the yarn was. I'm still astonished at how well it worked out. I even showed the sweater to my husband, who sees all flaws, and he could not see the switch.

I started swatching/fiddling with colors for the next work. There should be something to show later this week.

Got Lucky

I have been worried and sort of expecting to run out of the lighter blue color for this sweater. 

And, I did. 

Seems unlucky. But, I went shopping on Saturday. Houston is not a great city for yarn. Two well stocked shops for 6 million folks seems a bit shy to me. But, hey no never mind, off I went to do the impossible and find the perfect near match for the not-quite-enough color.

And, I found it.

Sure, it was a sport weight and needed to be doubled, but I am unable to see where I made the switch.

How great is that? 

Harvey Delay

This blog and a lot of knitting was suspended by hurricane Harvey.

All I can say is that I am adjusting to a temporary new normal and I'm tired.

Work on the three color sparrow sweater has resumed. I re-knit the sleeves a few times for fit and because I did not like to mess with back and forth knitting with three colors. One color always seems to be on the wrong side of the piece. This was the reason for deciding to go for a yoke raglan instead of my normal fitted sleeve.

I am still anxious that the lighter blue will last the project. We shall see.