Complete

And here it is.

I am sorry it is not displayed better but I love it.  It took me most of the day to get the ribbing done on the bottom.  I ended up knitting the ribbing three rows longer than I did at first.  The best way to defeat flipping is to go longer.  That worked and it looks great.  

Today I am going to dig the WIPs bin to find my Mashup Top and make some progress on that.

Substantial Completion

So here we are. 

I am so pleased.  So how come there is this? 

 The sweater remains on the needles.  

I did the bottom with one of those tricks so the ribbing doesn't flip. I really didn't want flipping for this narrow hem.  It's too lovely a sweater.  I tried the trick once before with not great results.  So... what happened this time?  Utter fail.  The flip was worse than ever before.  It's rare that I can't live with small imperfections but this?  This crossed the line.

Right after I finished the second sleeve, I ripped back the ribbing and restarted in my time honored way.  I have a few rows to go yet so while this is technically not completed, we have substantial completion.  Ish. 

As soon as this is done I am going to pull out my Mashup top from the WIPs bin.  Time to get that done.  And the I hope to whip up a couple summer things.  Maybe.  Or a blanket.  We will see. 

And just a shout out to the universe, my coffee tastes SO good this morning.  

Spring Things

This was a very productive weekend.  I almost got everything I hoped for done.  My plan was to finish my London Fog sweater.  

Sleeve one  is done and sleeve two is more than half done.  I could have finished sleeve two but on Saturday morning, this happened.

I simply fell into sock knitting and it felt really good.  If you look at the last post, you can see how far I took it.  It's just fun to work on it.  In a way, it feels as if it rejuvenated my knitting life.

It is more likely that it is the extra sunlight we have in March.  In March it feels like spring even though we are a way away from actual spring weather.  As you see, my London Fog has short sleeves.  That's a spring decision.  (It's also a running out of yarn decision.  I could not have made it to 3/4 length sleeves).  

Spring is in my head and it's time to pull out my Mashup sweater .  This is the third spring for it and I would like to see it be a complete garment.  It's time.