So in a bid to do something different that didn’t require me to concentrate – backstitching on the baby sampler is driving me potty – I’ve picked up the little blue cardigan I was experimenting with up Bowen. Remind me how I prefer knitting with 8ply because this fine yarn is also driving me potty – the feel is entirely different to how I remember it…..and it keeps sliding off the needles …..but as I said, as long as I don’t forget when (and where) to do the purl stitch it’s a change. The back and both sleeves are done, two fronts to go, so it’s three fifths – 60% finished….not counting making up and finding a suitable button
Now you might find this funny- to me it just reminds me how I can remember one thing but not another…..anyway this photo is the one I took when I began working on it back in August…..
I was going through my media file – way way back looking for something I thought I’d posted and I see this….
And this….
Same pattern!
I certainly don’t remember ever having tried it before 🤔
The date I uploaded them sent me looking at very very old drafts (yes there are some sitting there from that long ago) and I find an unfinished post talking about how I’d used a purl in place of the ‘too intricate to fathom out’ stitch.
Why didn’t I end up publishing the post – who knows – did I ever finish the cardigan- who knows…….but it’s reminded me (visually not mentally because I don’t remember it happening) of a warm sunny day working on the deck with my lovely brown shadow Kiera keeping me company.
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Keeping me company when I wrote this the other day was – The Cryptic Clue (Amanda Hampson) – a Tea Ladies mystery
Yes, I’m back to reading while I knit….as long as I put the purl stitch in the right place.
Passed on at my casual book group so only just begun, a very light read, a bit wordy, lots of dialogue…..haven’t read the first in the series so not sure if I’m missing any background on the various characters.
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This morning I’m sharing with Min’s Wednesday Words and Whimsylink up found HERE
And later I’ll be linking this with Kat’s weekly featured post – Unraveled Wednesday……where the talk is all about craft, books and life in general.Â
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