Guess what? I finally finished the second Alpha sock!! Photos on Friday (although they are already in use, so pics might be slightly tricky!).
Cherry Blossom is progressing nicely. I knitted the second sleeve, added another lace repeat to the body, and joined on the sleeves to the body. I realised I was going to run out of yarn about halfway through the top section (this yarn is being recycled from a different project, which is why the tension looks so wonky at the moment), so I switched to some lovely Koigu yarn I had kicking around, held it double as it was 4 ply, and knit a band of that at the top. The photo really doesn’t do it justice (but it’s a very dark day here in rainy Scotland), but it does look quite pretty, I think.
I’ve done the picot edging around the neck, but again hit upon the running-out-of yarn problem. So for the two front bands, I’ve decided to do an applied I-cord bind-off. You can see I’ve managed one side so far. I’m actually very happy with how it looks, so I’ll do the second side later today, then it’s just a case of sewing the underarm seams, weaving in the ends, sewing down the picot edge around the neckband, knitting and attaching the ties, and then block, block, block!!
That’s all from me today, but please do check out WIP Wednesday at Tami’s Amis and Ginny’s Yarn Along to see what everyone else has been up to!
Your Cherry Blossom looks wonderful, congrats on the finish line coming up.
x
Natalie
Marigolds’ Loft
It’s going to be one beautiful cardigan when it’s finished 🙂
Your Cherry Blossom looks awesome. It’s gonna be just darling after blocking 🙂
I love the lace pattern on the body – so pretty 🙂