I have almost finished up my third skein and I am ready to start the armhole and neck shaping. I have already wound my next skein, and divided it into two not quite equal balls. The one for the back is a little bit bigger than the one that I will be using for the left and right fronts (knitting from both ends). I spent this morning charting up all three sections - left front, right front, and back - completely so that I don’t have to think about any of the shaping or how to modify the pattern as my stitch count decreases. I use the charting program Stitchmastery. I started with the left front, and used my knitting to make sure that I had everything correct. Once the left front was completed it was easy to get the right front - I just saved the file as a new file and flipped the chart vertically. The back was easy, once I had the armhole shaping and the neck shaping charted. I will be knitting all three parts simultaneously using two balls, one ball for the back and one ball for the fronts (working from both ends).
I received an ear burn from Linda Marveng today - she had seen my second post on this project and was chuffed about it. She posted about it in her news thread on her forum. I am super chuffed about the recognition.
Pattern: Elora by Linda Marveng
Yarn: The Unique Sheep Kiri in Brick & Clay Ombré
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