Last evening during hockey practice, (my son's, not mine ;P) I finished the sleeves for Ljod, my current project. Ljod is supposed to be knit with Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool, which I have used before and didn't care for. I used Rowan Felted Tweed in Dragon colorway instead. Other than the yarn not matching the picture on the internet (it showed more blue flecks than it really has), I like the yarn. Ljod is from Elsebeth Lavold Viking Knits, from which I have had more than one knitting disaster, but the patterns are just so dern beautiful that I keep trying. Ljod has turned out beautifully, except the waist. There's a lot of shaping on the waist, but no diagram, so I didn't realize until I turned out a cardigan front the width of dental floss (okay, so I exaggerate...) that I was in trouble again. Ended up measuring my waist and blocking all the pieces until they screamed for mercy. So WHAT if the loopholes around the waist are the size of Cheerios. HA.
I washed and blocked the sleeves last night and they dried overnight. So what did I do today? Balanced the checkbook, cleaned the house, went to the store, beat the dog (just kidding), in other words everything BUT stitch this thing together. Maybe tomorrow.
In the meantime I've cast on for the center-cable V-neck sweater from November 2008 Cast-on. I couldn't just sit idle last night while Ljod was drying, could I?
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