Can you name this WIP?

How about now?




























How about now?


It's a week's worth of progress on the minisweater, which needs no introduction. I'm doing it with Sugar n' Cream cotton in cream and black, on Susan Bates Quicksilver size 9 circs. I was having a bit of difficulty at first, getting in the groove of the pattern, figuring out where the sleeves were, all the while keeping track of the different-coloured rows, but soon enough I was having a ball. I'm still a fairly new knitter, so things like raglan increases are very exciting. A couple of things are off, though: because I change the yarn on RS knit rows, I cannot do the first inchin garter stitch like the pattern calls for, lest I get irksome peek-a-boo contrast stitching. This bothered me at first--what I get instead is a single garter stitch row every four rows--but then I thought I could decide it was cool, and it would be, so it is. Plus, knitting in cotton, there isn't as much rolling so it isn't strictly a fit/design issue. Also, I didn't clue in til too late that I was supposed to M1 for the increases: I've been kf/b instead, and so it doesn't look quite as it's supposed to. But these are minor complaints. Overall, I'm very pleased with the pattern, and can tell you right now I'll be making it again. I'm not too terribly thrilled with the stark stitch definition of the cotton, but I'm real poor and already had the yarn, plus it'll be cool and washable for the summer--double bonus. I've knitted a whole stripe as fast as I could first thing this morning so I could get to the oh-so-exciting part of separating the sleeves from the body. So clever! You can see in the picture how delighted I am with this whole top-down, raglan business. (Actually, I'm cracked up because DH, as he was taking the picture, said "Now think of how sexy I am...")

Speaking of sexy--that second picture is solid evidence of how great my husband is. Late at night I get dangerously silly--a surefire sign in this house that it's past ten-thirty is my hysterical laughter--and often like to stick stuff on DH's head-- articles of clothing, scarves and bows, what-have-you--and then laugh til my legs give way and my stomach hurts. He bears this with surprising patience and grace. In this case, he felt that the minisweater looked like those wigs that judges and magistrates wore in the days of yore--you know, dignified. So, there's my husband, putting on a dignified look--with a half-done boobholder on his head. What's not to love?




A note to my non-knitter readers: here are a few of the abbreviations I use. WIP is for work in progress. DH is for darling husband. SIL is for sister-in-law (etc, in kind.) FO is for finished object. LYS is for local yarn shop. I'll post more as I think of them.