Continuation of Day 5: W cooked dinner. *hearts him* He did the washing up as well. This left me to collapse in front of episodes of Black Books (end of series 3, and then the beginning of series 2. No, i don’t know why i did that either), and really get to work on the first sleeve, since it proved to be the right width.

The raised lines are twisted stitched where the needles change over. They should come out with blocking (she says.)

Day 6: Sleeve is 17″ having been knitted on the bus on the way home from town. I will do a little bit more after i finish my sandwich. It would be lovely to get a big chunk of the second sleeve done this evening.

Day 3: Am in back hole. Body somehow only 13 1/2″. Have ordered needles.

Day 4: Needles on their way. Go to knitting. Get body to 18″. Have to stop and knit something else.

Day 5: Needles arrive. Start sleeve. Wonder if it is too small even though I’m using the percentages method? Knit about 3″ and then leave for W to try when he gets home from work.  Take on large, time specific project (that I will talk about in the next few days), and suddenly have lots of other things to do. Realise I would like to finish jumper regardless. Worry at own sanity.

Day 2: Body 12″ long, (need to get to 18″). Am on to 4th ball.  Need to find 6mm dpns.

Tatami by Melissa Wehrle (Sundara Yarns)

My Ravelry Post: here
Yarn: 21st Century Yarns 4ply in Moss
Needles: 3.75mm
Notes: The only changes I made were to leave off the ties, and to add a garter edging to the front, since it turned out a little bit smaller than I was expecting. It fits great though. In fact I’m wearing it right now.

The only other thing is that the 4ply is naturally really sticky and didn’t want to drop at all, which meant I had to drop all the stitches myself by hand, which took quite a long time. It was totally worth it though, since the colours are superb.

Conclusion: I really love this cardigan. I really do think that 21st Century Yarns produce some of the best varigated yarns in the country, and now it’s proved it’s stickiness I’m tempted to use it for a pattern that needs steeking. At some point.

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In other news I finished the barbara shawl for my grandmother’s birthday (late next month) and have started a DK version of the Henry scarf for my grandfather. So as soon as I can sort out a camera with more than a slither of battery I’ll post photos of them.

I also cast on a Elizabeth Zimmerman Hybrid Jumper in Garthenor Jacob aran yarn in black (it’s actually more of a very dark brown.) I only cast on for it yesterday afternoon, and in my usual amount of knitting time, I’ve already knitted 7″. Having rarely knit with anything heavier than dk I’m shocking and a little thrilled!

Thus I’m planning to keep a close knitting diary to see how long it takes to knit up:

Day 1: Body 7″. I’m already on my third ball (of 14), and the body is only 136 st in the round.