the blue blog archives: smooch-along is on

Yes, the smooch-along is officially underway. Both Johanna and Kerstin were at Knitsmiths with the beginnings of their Smooches. Johanna is using Cotton Ease in a lovely pink and is almost up to the armhole shaping on the back. Aren't those lace v's sweet?! Kerstin was just casting on and working her way through the lace pattern. By the way Kerstin was a blast - I recommend that you all have Kerstin come to your knitting groups!

A note for those of you planning to work on Smooch: the instructions for the loopy, picot-y edging may be a bit unclear (thanks to Johanna for clarifying this). The pattern says to knit 3 then cast off 3. To do this you must actually knit the next 2 stitches and then pull the second of those over the first. So it's sort of like knit 4 and then start casting off immediately with the next stitch. Then the pattern says to knit 2 and cast off 3, repeated to the end of the row. Again, the cast off begins with knit two then pull second over the first. So you're kind of knitting 3 and beginning the cast off group with the next stitch. What you're going for is groups of three: three knit stitches, three cast off stitches. However it helps to think of it to get you there, go with that!

Anywho, I'll be starting Smooch tonight. Why am I allowed to start Smooch when Pagan still has ends hanging all over the place? Because I finished my purple tank!

posted by alison at 12:20 am | in tank girl kisses , tank girl three

Comments

How cute are you in that tank???

(And you cut your hair! I love it :-))

Posted by: Becky at May 26, 2003 12:51 AM

Hi Alison,

das Top ist klasse geworden und die Farbe steht Dir hervorragend. Ich suche seit zwei Tagen meine Rebecca #23, weil ich es auch stricken will (bisher ohne Erfolg, aber ich finde sie schon noch!).
Und die kürzeren Haare stehen Dir wirklich gut!

Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland,
Inga

Posted by: Inga at May 26, 2003 1:22 AM

that looks gorgeous alison, i love the colour. You'll soon be a true tank girl with so many of them that you've made, a tank for each day of the week - how fine!

Posted by: kerrie at May 26, 2003 1:55 AM

Fab tank.That colour really suits you.Prolific as ever - looking forward to seeing you wearing Pagan & Smooch :-]

Posted by: Emma at May 26, 2003 5:59 AM

You will be stylin' this summer with all of these great tops. Love the haircut!

Posted by: Melissa at May 26, 2003 6:15 AM

Love the top, looks comfy! And the purples are just lovely :)

And as of now, I'm giving my official "I'm in" for the Becky wanna-be's... yarn's getting purchased in the next two days, and I'll be ready to go!

Posted by: kim at May 26, 2003 7:38 AM

Does this mean you all won't lock the doors on me when I come back? :) As soon as I came home, I penciled in "Knitsmiths" on every available Sunday. You'll be sorry . . . *teehee* By the way, I finished the graph pattern, admired it, and then RIPPED it out. Johanna, you were right. I had one less garter stitch row and one more stockinette row than I should have. That's what I get for talking and knitting at the same time. ;)

Posted by: Kerstin at May 26, 2003 7:39 AM

P.S. Alison, I love your new haircut, too. :)

Posted by: Kerstin at May 26, 2003 7:42 AM

the poiple looks so yummy and comfortable!! yea!! and the hair looks smashing as well! i love it! p.s. am updating a bunch today, and just have finishing to do over the week before officially starting the becky wanna be next sunday! :)

Posted by: carolyn at May 26, 2003 8:53 AM

That tank looks GREAT! Gives me new inspiration to finish up the cotton-ease tank I'm making for a friend's birthday.

Posted by: Cari at May 26, 2003 12:24 PM

Thanks for posting my Smooch progress and also my finished projects on the Knitsmiths page. It's like I'm virtually blogging! Can't wait to see yours start and grow.

Posted by: Johanna at May 26, 2003 2:53 PM

Cute hair, great tank, and this is not a race, right? You'll see I reference you in today's post regarding my ongoing lack of yarn for Smooch. But, really, I'm way grateful for the picot-start tip and I'm not gonna stress about when my name gets to appear in the pink!

Posted by: maggi at May 26, 2003 8:55 PM