I was working on this project yesterday evening. I am on to the section where you would normally have just started knitting straight. Since I am knitting straight from the get go, I'm just knitting.
It is a hooded cowl for a little girl, so there are only 10 inches to knit but I can tell it is going to go slower than I planned.
This project reminds me why I prefer to knit with circular needles. It. IS. Heavy. I simply couldn't knit for long. I find what I am having to do is set the carrying needle on my lap.
It reminds me a little of when I was knitting in brownies and I adopted the fine old tradition of sticking the needle between my legs and working off it. This is not the sort of knitting I would call show knitting.
Even so, I simply adore what is happening with the yarn. Berroco Comfort Chunky is an acrylic and nylon yarn. It isn't anything fancy, fibrewise, but it is such a comfortable yarn to work with. It is soft and light for a chunky yarn. This project is double stranded and it still feels like an airy project. Just not on my wrists.
I am a little concerned about the gauge though. I am knitting to gauge and it looks great, but if this is supposed to be warm winter wear, it might need just a little bit more something, particularly on windy winter days. It is a little more open than works in this climate. If I had enough of the copper to do a third strand, it would have been better. To fix that open quality, I am thinking about knitting a lining out of a single strand of the yarn in cream and knitting it at a nice tight gauge.
I think too, that a lining that is a little more firm is going to give this project the look everybody loves about the pattern, that open faced standup quality as it sits on the little model's shoulders.
Anyway, enough for this morning. I have to get on my way to work. I would rather sit and chat but I don't think I get to chose that and still get paid.
Darn that. I am looking forward to a nice quiet weekend of knitting and finishing and good things.
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