Two steps forward, one step back

I have no photos for this week right now. That may change (hopefully). I have worked on three projects, and have had mixed success.

First, I will report the happy news. The back panel of the Bathrobe of Eternity is now 33 inches. It will eventually be 41 inches, so I am hitting the home stretch. Yay me! Once the back is done, I can figure out the angle of the decreases on the front panels, finish them, and then figure out what else is going to happen. The nice thing about designing something on the fly like this is that it is all based on squares and rectangles. It is also meant to fit very loosely. It will be fun to see what happens as it heads towards the finish line sometime in this century.

The “Big Foot Knits” socks are on a short-term time out. I finished the foot and am on the leg. I am very happy with the foot and plan one minor adjustment to the heel, but then that will be just right as well.

I am increasing on the leg as my mathematical calculations indicated I should, and they work on paper. When I put it on, it feels like I am doing too many increases and it is getting loose. Perhaps this is due to the unblocked lace wanting to scrunch down, and so it is not hitting the correct part of the leg. I am going to either frog it back a bit, or sail forth and hope it all sorts out once I add the ribbing and block it.

The Stoneware Cardigan was progressing beautifully and quickly. I was knitting with two balls of yarn and alternating them every two rows to keep the slubs from repeating in a regular and predictable pattern. I was pretty happy with the pattern that was emerging. Once I passed the underarms I went to one ball of yarn, reasoning that with shorter rows I would not mind how the slubs landed in the back. I was wrong, I mind, and I will be tearing it back to the armholes. Sad, but not really all that much work.

Now, to bed so I can get up to get back up to Grand Marais, and do it all over again.

Just a quick Raven’s Beak update as well. We have postponed the Fiber Artist series a bit. The first artist will be in November, a wonderful felt artist. I will announce it here once the schedule is firmed up. I am tentatively rescheduled to January. I think this will work much better. I have taken a new apartment in Grand Marais, and will be packing and moving. It makes more sense to wait until I am settled before we feature me. This also lets me get a few more patterns finalized too. More on this later.