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Blanche Gone and Other Knitting News

Blanche has been ripped back to a pile of yarn. I didn’t like how it came out. I didn’t like how the back had the same cable pattern as the front. I didn’t like how the two pieces were uneven. I even showed mom. She liked it but was fine with me frogging it and using the yarn for the baby. So I may eventually do a blanket. It’s a nice thick cotton, so it will make a pretty warm blanket.

I’m also thinking of frogging Chamomile for now. Sadly I only have the back to finish but my gauge is much bigger than it’s supposed to be. Which would be fine, but I’m worried about running out of yarn. And besides that, it’s not like I’m going to be wearing it anytime soon anyway what with my belly swelling. So I’ve thought about frogging it and starting it over with the right gauge next year when I (hopefully) get my figure back and can actually get some use out of it. Then I thought about starting the dolman sweater I’ve been wanting to make forever, and thought, why? It’s not like I’ll be able to wear it any time soon either. Since I’m due in October, I’m not expecting miracles, so I doubt I’ll fit into it this winter. So that’s going to wait another year also. What does that leave?

My blasted sock that I can’t seem to ever finish. And my crochet blanket that only needs to be pieced together. And of course, after I finished it, I realized my mistake and how I could have made things easier on myself. It would have worked on Blanche also. When I have to make more than one of a piece that only gives inches in the pattern. Figure out how many rows make up those inches and work the rest to the figured number of rows, instead of guesstimating the measurement each time. That makes seaming much easier later on. But as a newbie, I didn’t realize this, so I have a bunch of squares that are definitely not even. And I’m still plugging away _(very slowly)_ at my quilt and my granny square gingham afghan. Those are my two HUGE projects that don’t bother me if they take forever to finish. Those are my two projects that I do because they are fun, not because I’m yearning for the FO.

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Chamomile

Believe it or not, I finished the front of Chamomile and cast on the back. I also did the first two rows (to establish the ribbing pattern). Woohoo! I’m of course paranoid that I will run out of yarn because mine is coming out bigger than what the pattern says. My gauge is off, but it’s off on all the pieces so when I put them together it will all match, it will just be bigger which is fine by me. I like loose sweaters, I just hope I have enough yarn to finish it. I have 2 1/3 skeins left.

Anyway, I also started on the second sock during the past week. I have 5 more rows of ribbing to do on the band, then I start the leg in stockinette. So I’m actually making some progress on my projects and it feels great. I actually enjoyed working on Chamomile this morning.

In other news, I worked on my quilt some more today also. I have all the strips done to form the units that make up the blocks. 4 units make up one block and I have 42 blocks. I just have to sew the three strips together to make the units. That won’t be as easy…I have to make my corners line up as best as possible and I know that it’s going to be a little tough on some of the pieces. I may have to rip some of the seams and redo them to get things to line up.

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A Look at Chamomile

I’ve been mulling over in my head the idea of getting back to Chamomile. I’ve just about finished the legwarmers. I’ve got about 5-6 inches left to knit, then I have to weave in ends. All I have left on the baby blanket is to weave in ends. So if I could get those out of the way this weekend (in addition to working on my quilt piece for Maggie), then maybe I’ll tackle Chamomile. I’m pretty convinced I’m going to start over on the front and once I get to the stockinette (after about 10 rows of ribbing), I’m going to recheck my gauge. I really think my knitting has come a long ways since I began and I realized a while back that my front piece was much larger than than the pattern says it should be. When I began Chamomile, I was using US 9/10 because I knit tight. I’ve gotten a little better and more comfortable with the needles, so I think I will have to go back down to the size the pattern actually calls for - US7/8. Yep, I had to go up two sizes. So I think the best course of action is to rip the front and start over making sure I’m using the correct needles for gauge. Or heck. I might skip it a little while longer and get that darn sweater of my mom’s finished. I’ve not had too much fun with cables for some reason. Maybe it’s just this sweater…but it seems wrong to me that the pattern calls for identical front and back…which means a cable going down the middle of the back panel. Blah! Well, maybe it won’t looks so bad once it’s done…but I really think it’s just going to look like it’s being worn backwards. Eik!

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Inches

I worked on Chamomile last night. I’m on the front panel and made it past the ribbed edge and past the first decreases. I worked the straight rows and am about to start the section of increases. For the sleeves, I the first stitch on every row, since it will be seamed up. I’ve not quite done that with the front panel. I’ve been slipping the first stitch on the knit rows. The purl rows have been worked straight through. For some reason, when I slip the stitch on the purl row, it looks odd, which I know shouldn’t worry me too much since it is a selvedge, but I don’t like it. So I’ve just been doing the knit rows. They still both come out pretty smooth, so hopefully I won’t have too much problems seaming. But I really had fun last night working on it. I’ve not worked on it in a few weeks, since I officially picked it back up to work on. And I really enjoyed it. Of course, my husband saw me working on it and fussed that I should be working on getting the lapghan finished. It’s still on floor, but I think it’s dry now. We are going camping this weekend, but since Monday is a holiday, I’ll hopefully have some time and I’m going to try to work on getting the lapghan completed then.

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Knit Along

I’ve joined two knitalongs. The 1st Time Sweater Knitalong, since Chamomile is my first sweater. And the Sock IT To Me Knitalong, since I’m still working on my first pair of socks. I’ve added the buttons and links to the sidebar. I’m itching to try the FBS Redux Knitalong, but I think I have enough on my plate. I’m so ready to start my Dolman Sweater, but I want to finish up my afghans and Chamomile. I guess I need to get on the ball and get those done. Of course I also need to get back to working on my socks. LOL! So much knitting to do and so little time…ugh!

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