This was meant to be a blog post a week or so ago but then all sorts of things got in the way. I kept knitting, of course, but just didn't seem to get around to blogging. Now there is so much, I might have to do two!
I have been stuck knitting kind of ordinary projects. First, I knit a pair of gloves for my husband.
I just couldn't see spending money on wool gloves, when I have a whole drawer of wool sock yarn that is under utilized in these days of sweater knitting. Those took a couple of days to knit, then I finished another Ardvey hat for a friend... no point in showing that, it's exactly the same as the other one I knit for myself.
I finally finished the shoulder straps on Seaforth. I had to take a short break before starting those, because knitting that worsted Scottish Fleet makes my right index finger feel like I have arthritis!
Maybe I do, but after I take a couple of weeks break from Fleet, the soreness goes completely away... I don't think arthritis does that, but I don't really know.
All the pieces and parts of Kittatinny are finished and ready to sew together. I didn't take a photo of those... it just looks like a big pile of coffee colored pieces.
Last of all, I finished all of Stillwater except for sewing the buttons on. Just like my last experience with buttons, I couldn't find suitable buttons here in town, so I had to order them online. Those should be arriving soon, and then I'll have a "final photo" of it. In the mean time, I decided to photograph one of the the side-vent steeks turning into a finished side-vent.
I used to really dislike knitting either corrugated ribbing or checkerboard ribbing before, because there were all those ends to dispose of in a very small area that didn't leave much room for weaving-in. Now, thanks to Marina, weaving in ends is a thing of the past!
Voila... the Russian Join. It was so helpful on these small fiddly little steeked areas. So here are the pictures beginning with the uncut steek, and working my way through to the completed side vent.
Many, many thanks, Marina. The information was always "out there" but I had to be convinced to try it.
Cutting the steek open...
Then,
picking up the
stitches.
After knitting the first row of checkerboard ribbing, it's time to change colors with the Russian Join.
Two strands of green... into one strand. Checkerboard ribbing resumed using the new color. Finished side vent!
