Monday, October 15, 2007

After weeks of ignoring them, I finally took out the finished pieces of Tailored Scallops today with the intent of pinning them out and steam blocking them. To my horror, I discovered 2 mysterious unattached loops in the middle of the left front. I have no idea how this happened.
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I wove the loops in as well as possible, and then took a strand of the yarn and tacked them down so they won't pop out again. The two fronts, the back and the sleeves are now drying on my bedroom rug. I can still see where the loop fixes were made on the left front, but hopefully the holes that are supposed to be there will disguise them to the unknowing eye.
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In more relaxed news, I had some leftover yarn from the first Midwest Moonlight, so I decided to make a skinnier version, casting on only 17 sts instead of 33. It looks more like an accessory now, as opposed to a useable warm scarf like the wider version. The super-stretch of the Cascade superwash when wet made it easy to create an 80" scarf with 52" of knitting on the needles. I haven't tried this yarn for a sweater yet, and will definitely swatch and block before I make anything that needs to stay a certain size. I still have about 2 skeins left in this color, which may become a February Baby Sweater for my son's teacher, who is expecting a baby girl in January. skinny midwest moonlight.jpg

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