Jon's Knit Blog

Patriotic Sick Bed Knitting

I do not like being sick. It's not actually all that bad, but I do have a rather sore throat. I just hope it's better soon, as I'm flying to the West Coast on Tuesday.

After a false start and a total frogging (15 sts/6in is not 3 sts/in, Jon, it's 2.5), I made it through the ribbing and a few inches up onto the back. It looks about right now. It may still be a smidge wide, but the sweater I measured that Dad likes for comparison is a fine yarn and therefore this chunky yarn sweater definitely needs more ease. That's what I'm telling myself. Hopefully it's true. There's going to be a big-ass cable up the front so that will be a little better... and the sleeves. I'm still contemplating doing the saddle for the shoulders, too... I'm knitting this one on the fly, bigtime!

Anyhow, this is sort of what it looks like so far. I am not thrilled with the way the color came out in the photo but I don't really feel like pretending to remember how to use Photoshop. I just want to take an Advil Cold & Sinus pill and get into my cozy little bed. OK, it's not exactly little. Well, it's queen sized. What did you expect? (I should probably tell you that I actually have a couple Tupperware-esque containers of yarn with which I share the bed. Yes, I sleep with my stash. And with a teddy bear.)

Here's the sweater-to-be:

Posted by Jon at July 4, 2004 05:05 AM