Jon's Knit Blog

A Day of Knitting

So I had today off from work (yesterday, too), and even though there was a ton of stuff I should have done (can you say, laundry?), I decided to sit and knit all day. I wanted to find the blue cable sweater and knit on that, but I couldn't find the book, so I picked up some yarn I bought in Austin and started a scarf. Yes, I'm lame, makin' a scarf. But it's pretty and fun. It's two yarns held together, one is a simple 100% silk and the other is this funky stuff called Pixel. I am doing most of the rows held together, but there are a few rows where I leave out the silk and just carry the novelty yarn. It's kind of fun, and I think my mom will like it:

Then I started moving a couple things around and just happened to unearth my 220 Aran Stitches Guide which is where the cable pattern is, and the paper notes for the blue cable sweater were stuck between a couple pages. See what the blue cable sweater looks like? It's actually a true royal blue, though the picture doesn't show it. It's Primo, so tons of stiffness and stitch definition:

(If you're looking at the Harmony Guide 220 Aran Stitches, you'll see that this is "36.2")

This is the back, which is now about 70% percent done. I got 18 rows done today, which is pretty impressive, when you realize that each row is 168 stitches of ribby cable-y madness. And heck, 18 rows times 168 stitches per row is over 3,000 stitches, when you think about it, so that's not shabby. The other thing I'm rather thrilled to tell you is that I actually felt comfortable enough with the sweater, the yarn, and the pattern to actually watch a movie while knitting. A subtitled movie. How cool is that?

Posted by Jon at June 18, 2004 04:31 AM