the blue blog archives: mother's day

In honor of it being my mom's birthday, I pulled out the DB cotton angora and cast on for her Jess sweater.

Man, this pattern is complicated! You cast on all stitches for fronts and back, then starting just with the middle stitches for the back, you slowly short row all the rest into the whole to make curved front edges. I'm really liking the curved edges so far. I had to restart a couple of times to get them right. But now that I've got the hang of it, I'm enjoying it. It's mostly stockinette (me likey) plus a good bit of counting and keeping track of rows (okay, no watching Olympic swim finals while doing this one). And because I've worked so many rows on the middle stitches, the whole sweater is really starting to take shape quickly.

posted by alison at 7:20 am | in jesses

Comments

Sounds like a lot of fun! I love the green color, and I bet the yarn is a dream to work with.

Posted by: rae at August 20, 2004 7:46 AM

What lovely, even stitches, you make, may dear :o)

Posted by: Donna Boucher at August 20, 2004 9:11 AM

i am kind of wanting that sweater now. why don't you just make two at the same time? :)

Posted by: carolyn at August 20, 2004 9:17 AM

That's weird, but a good kind of weird- the edge looks fantastic!
Happy b-day to your mom!

Posted by: Sarah Elizabeth at August 20, 2004 10:01 AM

Awww, thanks Alison! And tell your mother I wish her a very happy birthday too!

I'll bet working with that yarn is just delicious.

Posted by: Jackie at August 20, 2004 11:43 AM

Very cool. I like alternate shaping methods.

Posted by: Julia at August 20, 2004 12:28 PM