The One About Inori

Yay yay yay yaaaaaaay!!!!!!

This is the first time ever I’ve knitted something wearable for myself! It’s the 3rd item I’ve knitted for myself since I started knitting 10 months ago. First was the nipple Berry stitch bag, 2nd was the Alpaca silk secret ‘Dashing’ gloves and this is the third!

Umn.. okay… I guess the Dashings were wearable but you know what I mean. Wear on my bodaayyy.. Not just on my hands or something.

Yes, I know my flowers are dying and it’s cheezy to take photos beside flowers and my backyard is overgrowing (AGAIN!) okay but shut up, it’s my photo.

The back. I kinda look like a stegasaurus with those cables going up my spine.

Close up of the wooden toggle bought from spotlight.

Name of project: Central Park HOOOOODIE!

Yarn: 6 balls exactly, Cascade 220 in Blue (If WEBS were right, this is a discontinued colour. I think it’s called ‘Bluebell’)

Needles: Knitpicks Nickel Plated 4mm and 5mm

Cast on date: 07 June 2008

Cast off date: 03 August 2008

Learned:

- To cable without a cable needle! Do a search in Google if you want to know how to do it. I feel so happy to not have to struggle with an extra needle falling all over the place.

- Knitted sleeves both at once on the magic loop. Again, Google the method if you are interested. Not that I don’t love you, but I’m still having trouble linking. *Winks*

Modifications:

- Knitted fronts and back in one piece (I can’t really call it ‘in the round’, can I?)

- Sleeves knitted in the round too.

- Did the button band 3″ instead of 1.5″. (Because there wasn’t enough to cover my body. I know…. I’m not thin.)

- Continued the cables up the center of the hood as most other knitters have done.

Mistakes: Cow cow monkey monkey kangeroo! It was going all soooooo well and smooth but MISTAKES HAVE TO HAPPEN, DON’T THEY? I missed out one cable repeat on the hood and had knitted 7 rows before noticing that the last cable looked realllly long.
*RAAAAWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*

Then, I did something only the very brave would do. Instead of tinking or ripping back 7 rows of the hood, I used a stitch holder to hold 2 stitches to each side of the cable and dropped the center 6 stitches 7 rows down. (The cable is 6 stitches wide).

Then, I crossed 3 stitches at that row and used my crochet hook to hook the yarn at the back through.

I had to do this for the 7 rows.

Phew. I SAVES THE DAY!!!!!!!!! YAY ME!!!!!!

Ok, will write more about going to Uni and stuff prolly soon. I have lots of things to sort out now. I also have another FO which is Sunshine’s Pixie hat knitted in Malabrigo…. MMmmMMmm… But have no decent photo to show you. It had been raining and when I went out to take those CPH pictures, she was asleep. Bah… excuses excuses….

*Muak!*