sophy's knits, notes, etc.

today, i thought i'd take stock of the projects on my needles... for once, there's really no discrepancy between reality and what i have listed here: stripey baby socks, a ribbed lace sweater, and the tangled yoke cardigan.

stripey baby socks

i started and finished this sock one afternoon a few weeks ago. i had wanted to make it stripey all over, but got annoyed with the jogging stripes... and was not happy with my attempts at knitting jogless stripes at all. so, it actually took a few false starts before i decided to just knit the two different colored stripes on the cuff

one sock and provisions for the second.

my fingers cramped something awkward while manipulating these toothpicks; hence why the project has sat for so long. but once again, the tangled yoke cardigan is too bulky to carry around, so i expect to start and finish the second sock sometime this week.

short-sleeved ribbed lace sweater

now this has sat on the shelf because i want to change the shaping of the armholes and sleeves. don't you think it would look cute with a wide neck and raglan armholes with capped sleeves?

back panel up to armholes.

i really like how the simple lace pattern looks. though i want to finish it, honestly, with the cooler days and nights, i'm more interested in attacking the sweaterly projects in my queue.

tangled yoke cardigan

as i've mentioned before, the tangled yoke cardigan is progressing nicely. in the last picture i posted, i hadn't yet attached the sleeves. now they are attached, and i've even knitted the 3 inches of stockinette yoke before the cabled panel.

sleeves attached and yoke begun.

before i took this picture, i checked the gauge and discovered that instead of 9 rows to an inch, i had maybe 7.5 rows. i don't think this really mattered much for the rest of the garment... but for the 3 inches i needed to knit before the cabled yoke, this was important. i was seriously concerned about it for a bit, but after much trying on and remeasuring and anything else i could think of to argue the matter, eventually decided to go with the measured gauge... *crossing my fingers*

since taking this picture, i've seamed the armhole stitches (gaping armholes annoy me while i'm knitting) and begun the cabled panel. i'm still working on Row 1 of the tangled yoke pattern, but working the repeating pattern is so much more fun than the 300 or so stockinette stitches.

i'm excited about finishing it!