sophy's knits, notes, etc.

it took a while, but this weekend, i finally knitted past the raglan shaping for the sleeves on my featherweight cardigan. here you can see the back right-side raglan:

buscando azul... i think i found it; isn't the color amazing?

it made me think over hannah fettig's tutorial for her cardigan, in which she discusses M1 increases for raglan sleeve shaping...

there's a perfectionist in me that insists on symmetry when i knit — i don't think i've ever NOT used pairs of slanted increases or decreases when shaping a garment...whether it's the side seam of a fitted pullover or a raglan yoke, it's only natural that one side should slant to the right and the other side should slant to the left. and in the case of raised slanted increases, i really don't think one requires any more effort than the other; i love the result:

a closer look at the back left-side raglan.

i've probably mentioned before that whenever i'm in doubt about a knitting technique, i typically follow interweave knits's glossary; so my right and left slanted increases were done in this manner:

M1L With left needle tip, lift strand between needles from front to back. Knit lifted loop through the back.
M1R With left needle tip, lift strand between needles from back to front. Knit lifted loop through the front.

the featherweight cardigan itself is very elegant in it's simplicity — for me, it was love at first sight. but other than raglan shaping, it's all pretty much just stockinette until you get to the edge; then, it's knit and purl ribbing... yes. you can read into this that it's not an exciting project; the tediousness is only relieved by the beauty of Malabrigo. i'm very anxious to finish this — and yet, i want to knit at least another one...

happy knitting!