Drew up my schematic, used the gauge from the washed swatch and did my calculations to get stitch and row numbers on my paper pattern. Also drew the schematic on the Mylar for the knit radar - I always like to have two methods of figuring the numbers just in case!
Making the Back first - it’s the biggest piece and if something is going to go wrong, might as well be right off the get-go - I’m leaving the decision on edgings/trim for later, so my cast-on, after the waste yarn, is just two plain rows of stockinette and then the lace. And what do you know? I forgot to release the pattern! Fu-u-dge! I was about to drop it all off the machine and maybe go pout.
I caught myself! Hey, no need to go through the cast-on and all that again - just knit a few rows waste, add another ravel cord and get back to it.
Zip, zap, zoom, the Back is done, perfectly, and I didn’t even miss a beat when it came to shortrowing the shoulder slope - here’s a link to a tutorial for shortrowing in lace, using the ravel cord method, no annoying ads! - (https://knitwords.blogspot.com/2017/01/life-lessons.html
Got the second shoulder done, it’s off the machine and I feel like a rockstar! If only I had a guitar to smash!
3 comments:
Looking great, gonna be awesome when all completed!
That looks really pretty lace Mary Anne, as Tom says, I am looking forward to seeing the end result.
Another fabulous sweater in the making!
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