Rumo - Body Done!

I finished up the body back on July 10.  Well mostly.  I have not done the lapel yet.  I am saving that until I finish the sleeves, in case I need to do the lapel in the coordinating colorway.

Knitting the body was really pretty addicting.  I like this construction technique.  I have started on the sleeves.  I would have liked to have worked them top down, but with garter stitch that is not as straightforward as it is with stockinette, and I ended up not wanting to mess with it.  So I am working them as written.  I will likely modify how I attach the sleeves to the body.  I am thinking of picking up stitches on the armhole opening and the sleeve cap and then joining them with a three needle bind off.  I almost did that when I joined the shoulders together, but instead I ended up sewing them together so that the edges butted up against each other, so there is no seam, per se.  If the three needle bind off method doesn’t work, then I will likely do the same thing on the sleeves.

Pattern:  Rumo by Alice Caetano

Yarn:  SpaceCadet Cressida

Needle:  US 6 (4.0 mm)

 

Rumo - Right Back Done

The two halves of the back are worked the same way, and when they are joined the right side of the right back actually becomes the wrong side.  The pattern is pretty easy to follow, each section of shaping has its own section and she gives the row count and width for each so you can check your progress and your gauge as you go.  She does restart the count for each section.  So far a fun and easy knit.

Pattern:  Rumo by Alice Caetano 

Yarn:  SpaceCadet Cressida

Needle:  US 6 (4.0 mm)

 

Rumo - Cast On!

Having frogged five WIPs I felt comfortable casting on something new.  I have wanted to make this pattern for a while now, and having finished a garment after a long spell of not making garments (other than simple top down vests) I was motivated to cast on another.  The yarn is SpaceCadet Cressida, a 100% Merino Worsted weight yarn.  It has a slightly rustic feel and knits up into a nice firm fabric.  The colorway is Sound, from The Space Monster Club.  I may not have enough of this color, but I do have two skeins of the complimentary color, Safe, that I can use if I need to.  The pattern is Rumo by Alice Caetano - it is a jacket that is knit in garter stitch vertically.  The design is a little reminiscent of some of Hanne Falkenberg’s designs - I have several of her kits and really need to knit those up as well.  I really like the construction and the resulting jacket is very elegant.

Pattern:  Rumo by Alice Caetano

Yarn:  SpaceCadet Cressida in Sound

Needle:  US 6 (4.0 mm)

A Frogging We Will Go

Last weekend I frogged five of my WIPs.  I wasn’t happy with my Cranberry Ombré Dress, so I frogged it, skeined the yarn and washed it.  It has dried and I need to cake it back up and put it away.  That project was cast on 7 April 2018.  

I also frogged my Periwinkle Shrug, which I had started on 3 August 2014 (above), and my Ease Tank, which I had started on 21 January 2013 (below).

There was also a random knitting project that never had a project page made, so I have no idea what the pattern was.  It was some sort of top.  And finally I tried to frog The Little Engine That Could - a lace shawl test knit that I never finished.  I did finish the test knit - as the shawl design was symmetric and I only needed to knit half to check all of the charts, but I never finished the shawl itself.  There were some tricky lace stitches in it and they just weren’t that fun to work.  And apparently they are not that easy to frog as I couldn’t actually unravel it.  Out of the sixteen projects for that pattern on Ravelry, only three are finished, three were frogged (including mine), one is hibernating and nine are still in progress.

Hearthside Crochet Along - Clue 5 Done!

When I received the yarn for clue 5 I caked it up right away and started working on it.  I finished it up last weekend.  It was very easy.  Clue 6 has already been released and I have ordered my yarn.

Pattern:  Hearthside by Jane Vanselous

Yarn:  Expression Fiber Arts Luster Worsted

Hook:  5.0 mm (H)