Three tops and a sock

I may not have finished the sweater on Friday, but Saturday morning, I did.  Finished and worn,with mixed results.  The wearing was great, the looking really good slightly less so.  There is a lot of fabric at the side and it seems to cling and hang oddly.  Some of that may be due to my usual increases, which I did in their usual places on top of what the pattern asked for, but my usual increases will mean that if I decide to sort out the excess by sewing a seam, the top will be very wearable and will fit fine.  No photo because it looks exactly the same as before, just 2 and one quarter inches longer.

Sunday was a raceday (French Grand Prix) so the sock came out of hiding to be knit upon.  Next week is going to need a new sock because all there is to go on this pair is a cuff!  Races are good for simple sock knitting but there was lots of other really rewarding knitting too.

My version of the Cascadas Tee saw the most wonderful progress.

I have finished the lace yoke and have just split for the sleeves.  An inch or two of knitting on the body and it is try on time.  I hold great hope for this top.

I am so happy I went with the lace for with this yrn.  It is so crisp on the lines in the lace.  I am really looking forward to seeing it blocked.

And my second top from the Summer Snowflakes Top pattern, the one with the little daisy lace, is a row shy of the final increase before splitting.

I did a lot of knitting today and all the while I stared at the sample card of Harrisville that I ordered from Camilla Valley Farms a few weeks ago.  I love the yarn and I love the colours.  I think after these summer sweaters, I am going to put Myrtle on the front burner again, just to be able to knit with and play with the colours of the Harrisville.  I may be under a spell of some sort.  I hated to put the card away again.

Summer is here.  The yarn stores are almost done their fall yarn orders.  Time to start knitting fall sweaters? Maybe, but maybe not.