Yes, just an inch since I last posted.
An inch and 3rd button hole. It doesn't seem like
much, but the stitch count has doubled since the cast on—so each
row now is equal to 2 last week—so inch is steady progress.
And it
is going to get worse (more increases!) before it gets better! There
will be increases right on up till I have 7.5 inches of yoke (and now
its 4.5) By the end, each row will be 4 times longer than the cast on
row..
Then, a good third of the stitches will
be set aside for the sleeves, and the body will be worked in stocking
knit, with a very simple knit and purl pattern.
Secondly, it is pretty easy to see now
the different skeins have different percentages of darker pink—the
first skein was the very palest--and later skeins will have a greater
percent of the darker pinks. I think this will be quite attractive.
It will be as if the dark color is falling.
To take a break—I cast on, and did a
few rows of Slippers #1—More garter stitch, but worked in worsted
weight wool, on size 10.5 needles. Lion Brand Wool –in a dark
grey. Working with the larger needles works different muscles. The
fabric is soft and loose and open-- it will be fulled. Fulling is
the proper term to use when changing fabric—Felting is done to
fibers. Of course, fulling is changing the fibers just the same as
felting.. But different—by knitting the fabric into a shape not
just molding the fiber.
So the slippers are knit loose (10.5
needle—for worsted!) and large (they look like slippers for
giants!) and then sewn into shape, and fulled. The fabric tightens
up, and gets thicker, and shrinks a good deal too. The result is a
nice dense fabric that makes a nice slipper.
