Moving Cable Pullover - Finished!...As a Tank Top

So, after finishing the body of this pullover I went back and started the finishing work on the sleeves, but the more I looked at the body, the more I liked it just as it was, so I decided to turn it into a tank top.  I had already accidentally made one change to the pattern - I had started the front neck shaping early, giving it more scoop.  To finish the armholes I improvised a crochet edging.  I did a round of single crochet and then a round of scallops - (1 half-double crochet, 1 double crochet, 1 half-double crochet), single crochet, single crochet.

I had one horrifying moment however.  I had just finished my first try at the first armhole edging (it took two tries to get it looking the way I wanted) and I had the piece spread out in my lap and was looking it over when what should I discover but a mistake!  Horror of horrors!  Now, I am something of a perfectionist when it comes to my crafting and there was no way that I was going to wear this top with a mistake, especially as that mistake was on the front.

Ripping out was not an option, I might as well just start over again.  As I saw it I had two choices, fix it, somehow, or cut off the top portion above the armholes and turn it into a pillow.  Well, obviously I fixed it, with a little careful surgery.

It was only two stitches in one row that needed to be fixed.  So I carefully cut the yarn and pulled those two stitches out, catching the loops of the stitches above and below.  I pulled those loops to the back of the work and carefully darned them back together, tying everything off.  The only giveaway is the fact that the cable is a little flatter than the others.  But that is a lot less noticeable than a cable crossing the wrong way.

And here is a beauty shot of Lacy Angles, off the blocking wires:

Moving Cable Pullover - Body Done, I think

I also pulled this project out of my hibernating pile.  According to my project page on Ravelry, I started this pullover on December 22, 2009.  The yarn is Tahki Cotton Classic.  I love the yellow, it is just such a happy color.  It is currently blocking, because I want to check the fit before I finish the sleeves.  I have knit both sleeves up to the cap shaping, but I know I need to modify the shaping and wanted to see how much the yarn relaxes after blocking.  I may end up doing top down set-in sleeves, just so I can get the best fit.

Moving Cable Pullover - Progress Update

I started this pullover almost a year ago, on our Christmas trip down to Florida.  I only managed to get the sleeves done on that trip.  Lately I've had to do some travel by car for work, so I pulled this project out again. I wanted something that wasn't too complicated, but wasn't too simple.  I now have the body done up to the split for shaping the front and back.  The pattern is from the Tahki Yarns Spring/Summer Collection 2004 Pattern Booklet, and the yarn is Cotton Classic.

One of the trips was to Pittsburgh, where we ate at a wonderful brew pub, Church Brew Works, located in a 100 year old Catholic Church.  To the right of the aisle is the restaurant side, to the left is the bar side.  You can get the restaurant menu on the bar side, but you can't get the bar menu on the restaurant side.  I had the Chicken Pot Pie, which was more like a chicken stew topped with a fluffy pastry and the stout (this week it was a morning stout, brewed with coffee, oatmeal and milk).  Delicious.  I brought home bottles of their Thunderhead IPA and their Dunkel Lager, plus two pint glasses.

The other trip was to Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, where we ate at a wonderful Indian restaurant called Cinnamon.