Following months of missing my knitting mojo, I'm determined to set about correcting it. And what better way than a raglan style knit, where I can size and knit as I go?? (surely that's guaranteed to give me at least halfway decent results right... right!?).
Knit in question... Rosemary's (soon to be mine hopefully) Swing Jacket from Interweave Knits Spring 2007.
Yarn in question... Heirloom Merino Magic in a deep plum/purple colour (yes i do love this colour). I actually wanted this is a dark charcoal, or an olive colour, but Kalgoorlie's yarn selection is rather lacking...
The pattern calls for seed stitch all the way, and although I do love this stitch design (it's so uniform and textured and creates a nice sturdy fabric), it takes uber long to get anywhere. After 1 whole day's work, this is as far as I've gotten to:
But in keeping with my end goal of completing a successful knitted garment, I'm happy to forgo speed if only my mojo comes back.
Please mr. mojo. I miss you.
1 comments:
7:34 AM, December 07, 2018
Hello, I came across your blog from ravelry.com. Currently I am knitting the same jacket. And I was wondering if you can help me out. I am very very new to knitting so these might be silly questions but I really hope you would not mind.
1) I am coming toward the end of Collar. The instruction says "- collar measures about 5 1/4 inches from CO." This CO is the first CO where I am starting to make a Collar part. Am I right? Or does this CO mean the second CO after knitting 5inches from the beginning?
2) I am on Yoke Row 3. The instruction says " *Work in moss st to m, M1 (see box), sl m M1; rep...."" and in the M1 box, there are two types of increases. M1L and M1R. So does this mean knit to the marker then M1L, slip stitch, place a maker then M1R?
Many thanks,
Aya
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