Between Loads

Say that 10 times fast!

Well - there has been a lot of knitting around here - what’s that you say?  No - none of the items I am about to show you are for anyone else…only me.

Presenting - Ribbi Cardi - ChicKnits

I finished this sweater last spring, great pattern, worked up very quickly!  I made this from some Encore that I purchased at Yarnzilla - closeout.  I lengthened the sleeves and the sweater fits great! This sweater has been languishing in the “to be finished” pile for months - all because of a little ol’ zipper insertion phobia.  I had even taken a class at The Yarnery, taught by Susan, but just couldn’t get myself to do it but the other day I was working on some armslits for the vague Vogue Cape (The cape with an attitude) and thought - “What is so hard about a little ol’ zipper?”

Warning:  The following pictures of the basketweave cape are not for the faint of heart.  I was not happy at all with directions.  They were very vague with the front shaping pieces and the collar directions were not complete either.  I also did NOT remember to do a stupid buttonhole 4 rows from the neck edge - but that is OK anyway because I don’t like doing buttonholes - I did an i-cord loop.

So here we have an innocent little - let me stress little and placed too high - arm slit.  When I tried this cape on I felt like I was at camp and there was a person behind me doing the arm actions for me?  You know the skit…well…I thought if I don’t drop these things about 3  inches I am never going to wear this thing - so…I sort of marked the area with yarn and cut (I didn’t mark the first slit - I just went straight to cutting!)

 Bad picture - but you really don’t want to see all the messy details.  I then picked up stitches and knit down to fill the new opening.

 Then I sort of stitched them to the sides.

 Not too bad…I then sort of sewed it up in the back and viola!

Hard to see but that is a good thing.  You can’t see anything wrong on the front and it is actually wearable now. The inside doesn’t look bad either.  If I had thought about this first like any sane person - I probably would have planned a bit better first - but then it would still not be finished…forgive the jeans…my ballgown is still at the cleaners.

The back:

 

This one needs a bit more work though:

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