Progress this week is less spectacular as last week (after all, I'm not finishing a whole blanket every week!), but it's been steady. With the granny square blanket finished and the sock still stuck in my office at work (I've been working from home a lot this week) I've reconnected with the Garter Yoke Cardi.
I have to say that now that the garter section is finished I'm enjoying it a lot more. I don't really like knitting garter stitch for too long. It's odd really - shouldn't it be easier and quicker than stockinette? I think I just enjoy seeing that smooth stockinette stitch fabric grow as I knit.
Here is the cardi as it looks now:
Gratuitous close up of the increase:
I've finished the increase section and I'm about to separate the sleeves from the body. They are supposed to go on waste yarn, which is why I stopped knitting - I was at D's mum's house and I didn't have any waste yarn with me.
This is obviously not even nearly finished, so it's going to stay with me for a while, but a lot of the more concentration-heavy stuff is done (as long as I can keep track of all those button holes. So many button holes!!) so it should be quite good mindless knitting while the house is full of family for boy #3's Christening.
I do have one little FO to share, though - here is the little granny square pillow I was knitting with the spare granny squares last week:
It's just the one side - once it was done I carefully sewed it to the existing cushion cover. I'm really happy with it. The construction was easy - 9 granny squares, then 2 rows of double crochet around each square. I then crocheted all the squares together and started double crochet rows around and around the set of squares until it was nearly the right size. Right towards the end I added one row of the same pattern that I used for the squares (triple crochet, 3 into one stitch, then a gap of 2 stitches, etc) followed by 1 row of chain stitch. At the moment the pillow is on the sofa but I think eventually it may live in Matilda the caravan.
More of Matilda and my plans for her to come later in the week! :)
I played along with:
Beautiful cushion, the colour combination of the granny squares is delightful. I love the yarn for the cardigan, the touch of mustard throughout is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm really hoping the cardi will become a good everyday garment to wear. :)
Deletei adore the yarn you are using for the garter cardi....what a wardrobe staple that is going to be!!!! (i just finished my granny blanket.....boy, was i careful not to crochet more circles than I needed....now, I sort of wonder---maybe i should have made a few extra! love the pillow!)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm really hoping it'll be an easy thing to wear.
DeleteAs for the granny blanket... well, you could always crochet a few more circles! ;)
The cushion is just darling and isn't some mindless stockinette just lovely, looking forward to seeing some more of Matilda and the plans for her.
ReplyDeleteThank you! :) And yes, sometimes some simple stockinette is just the ticket... ;)
Deletelove that cushion so much... it will look perfect in Matilda x
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteI love the texture of the Rowanspun on the cardis. I've stalled this week - got embroiled in another project and didn't even look at it!
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