When I dyed the yarn for the Cresting Waves Scarf, I also dyed some of my sock yarn in the same "atlantic" colorway. I had thought that I’d make some wristers to match. After thinking about the pattern a bit, I decided I wanted it to be a bit more solid, and I wanted a place to add the thumb, and a solid stockinette for the palm. This will create a left and a right mitt, but that shouldn’t be a problem. Last Friday, while riding the train home, I cast on.
I haven’t gotten far. As I’ve worked out the stitch, I’ve had to rip back, rip out and start over and generally punt as I thought about it. Another project also went onto the needles a day or so later. It is the Hourglass Pullover from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. Kelly was wearing hers the first time I met her, and it has stuck in my mind as a must knit. All stockinette, knit on circular needles, it is a perfect knit for watching TV or taking to meetings.
It calls for a turned under hem, to be sewn in after the fact. I’m a little nervous about it. Hems often have a way of flipping up or just plain making a thick band around the bottom. I decided to alter the pattern and make a picot edge. Then, I basted the hem and started to stitch it, first separating the plies in my sewing yarn to a half thickness in hopes of less bulk.
My fingers are crossed. (I think I have a "thing" going with this color.. it’s got me everywhere I turn.)
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6 responses to “casting on”
I love that color, too!
YUM! I can see why you like that color so well!
Hourglass is a great knit and is very easy to pick up at any turn.It’s a beautiful color, I can see why you are entranced by it.
Good idea on the alteration!
I like your hem modification, I would never have thought of separating to half the thickness. Make sense!
The picot is a lovely little touch.
Hourglass sweater is really a lovely pattern, to knit and to wear. I love mine. The colors in yours are very beautiful!
When you make your second one (because it’s that kind of pattern), consider using a 3rd needle and joining the turned edge as soon as the outside half reaches the same length. This way you skip the sewing, and if it doesn’t work you just frog the last few rows – I hope that makes sense..