WIPW: having fun again!

Finally!!  No more sick people in my house!  Life has returned to normal, except maybe for the few hours of sleep I am still missing.  Knitting was resumed as well, and my Try-It-out Sweater is progressing fast.

(Yes, those are baby feet.  I just couldn't get them out of the frame...)






What have I tried out on this sweater?  Well....

• I am knitting top-down, in the round, as suggested by Barbara Walker in Knitting from the Top.
• I've slipped the first stitch when joining the initial round and performed a "knit repair" on that stitch at the beginning of the second round using the long strand of yarn that gets created when joining.  I have learned that from Amy Detjen in her Craftsy course Custom Yoke Sweater.
• I've swatch in the round using the Whole-Loop Method.  
• I've incorporated rolled stockinette edges.
• I've made jogless stripes and have woven in my ends "as I go".
• I've incorporated bust darts.

I am done with the yoke and have started the body.  This sweater, which started as a scrap yarn exercise, is becoming a garment I am really looking forward to wear!

I have also finally received the yarn I needed to finish Gabrielle's cardigan.  I still need a zipper, but at least I can get started on the edges.

While retrieving these pictures from my memory card, I found other photos I took last week.  We had quite a snowstorm of sticky snow:

And that's perfect for a snowman!!
















Go and visit others fantastic projects in progress through Nicole's, Tami's and Ginny's blogs!