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Posted: May 23rd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: lorna's laces shepherd worsted, projects: worsted owl cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: cardigan, craft, crafty, grey, handmade, knit, knits in progress, knitting, lorna's laces, owls, purple, steek, sweater, yoke | 1 Comment »
You guyyys this sweater. It makes me so happy. I was really, really nervous about starting the yoke, because I wasn’t sure if the purple would look stupid or the math on the owls would work out funny (knitting it steeked, I had to make sure that not only was the yoke a multiple of ten, but it was a multiple of ten before the steek and a multiple of ten after the steek). But I’m, like, 90% sure it looks awesome and I’m a rockstar at knitting. For the record? 33 owls.
Naturally, because the owl pattern is 20 rows long and I am knitting at a much smaller gauge than the pattern calls for, my yoke was too short to start the decreases right away. So I added on an inch or so of garter stitch, which again – I was nervous about it looking stupid, but it works much better than I thought it would. The decreases are going to be an experiment, but we’ll see how they go. I have high hopes.
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