I was in the store very early this morning to ship boxes which have been dropped off at Purolator and UPS. A bag of yarn came home with me because I need to start a new project. It’s two weeks until the move and picking up a partly finished project isn’t in the cards right now. I’m going to knit Elah again. This time I’m going to use Le Lambswool (Soft Blue Green) like we used for our store sample that Lynn is wearing.
Elah is worked seamlessly from the top down. Fronts are worked in lace pattern, while the back is worked in Stockinette stitch. Knitting starts with the provisional cast on of the shoulders for the fronts (you will first work the right front, then the left front). Once the short row shaped shoulder slope is done, the front is worked flat to underarm. Shoulder stitches are picked up from the provisional CO of both front shoulders to work the back to the same length. At underarm both fronts and back are joined to work the body top down back and forth to the bottom hem. As the front ribbing is built in, there is no finishing required. Sleeve stitches are picked up around the arm openings to work the sleeves in Stockinette stitch top down in rounds to the cuffs.
I even swatched this afternoon to make sure I was on the correct size needles. You read it here. I SWATCHED!!!! That doesn’t happen very often so I’m proud of myself.
It’s a good thing we have a big parking lot at the store because it shrunk over the weekend.
Dinner is finished and it’s time to knit. Dad was supposed to pick up boxes from the movers today but he forgot. I can’t pack without boxes so I might as well knit. 😘
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