My latest FO is this shell from Fiona Ellis's book "Inspired Cable Knits" she calls it Go With the Flow.
I cast on for this on January 1st and finished at 12:10 am Tuesday Feb. 20. Technically it didn't really take me all of that time to knit it - I took two weeks off to let my right wrist heal a bit and had some other items I worked on at the same time.
Why let my wrist rest you may ask? Well, I do knit quite a bit but the yarn for this was Dale of N*rway Stork. This is a fingering to sport weight yarn, and I worked this on size 1 addi turbos. And although I do knit continental (I pick), the lack of "give" on 100% cotton yarn tends to make my right wrist a bit sore.
Close up of the cables:
and of the lace and cable border:
All in all it was fun, it looks smoother now after a good wet blocking then it did for the photos. I really like the book and have plans to make more from this same book.
Have a great day!
5 comments:
What a pretty sweater! I admire your working it on size 1 needles. It's positively gorgeous!
Thank you!
Very pretty! I can't wait to see it at the shop.
How's the bunny going? Knowing you it's already done. =)
Impressive work! Size 1 needles, I feel bad for your wrist.
Excellent! Looks great! It is inspiration for me to finish mine!
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