I have been focused exclusively on this project since July 22, and I finished up the body yesterday. Once I joined the front and back the knitting took on the fairly monotonous quickness of working endlessly in the round. The mindlessness interrupted by the lace panels, and the monotony interrupted every four rows by the k1, p1 round that gives the top its texture. I used up skeins 4-9 of my 12 skein set on the body, and used skein 10 for the ribbing both at the hem and at the neckline. I will also use it for the ribbing on the sleeves as a way of tying everything together. As an ombré gradiance this set is not as successful as other sets in the series, and that has been part of my challenge with using it. Even with the strong color blocking, and the fact that skeins 9 and 10 have a decidedly different hue than the others I think it is all going to work out okay, especially with using skein 10 as the contrast edging. The ribbing is a k1tbl, p1 rib, and is knit on a smaller needle size. The fit is perfect so far. On to the sleeves!
Pattern: Nila by Natasja Hornsby
Yarn: The Unique Sheep Kiri
Needle: US 2.5 (3.0 mm) and US 2 (2.75 mm)
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