… 400 pages and one more sleeve to go.
I finished the first sleeve last night, save the grafting of the cuff which I will work on tonight.
My copy of HP didn’t arrive as early as last year – it didn’t show up until almost 3 pm so I got started a little late, but spent Sunday knitting away and reading at the same time. This is the only way to make the miles of stockinette manageable. Stopping every 6 rows to do the decreases and refocus my eyes off the pages was a perfect balance of adventure and knitting.
Tonight I’ll graft that cuff, prop up my book and start again on sleeve two. At the rate I’m going, I might be done, really done including blocking and the zipper, by the weekend.
Last weekend I found some harder wood dowels to improve the pegs on my wooly board. The cheap ones I bought at the house of orange kept breaking on me because the wood was too soft. So I’ll have to spend an hour or two out in the garage to cut the dowel into pegs and then drill the broken pegs out of the hole so I can wash and block this sweater the right way.
I can’t wait!
I bought two different zippers, I’m not sure whether to go with the lightweight or the sporty zipper – I may just baste them both on and see which one l like better.
I bought some nice coordinating thread, the perfect color really, so I can’t wait to finish this Eris cardigan.
Pictures soon. Can’t stop reading to take photos!