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Sep 03
2007
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Here is another half complete project - my Hemp Lace Tank from LanaKnits. I’ve gotten used to working with the hemp (which feels remarkably like twine when you first touch it) and this project is now moving along at a nice pace. I’m four sets of increases past the waist - two to go. My tank top is about 6.5 inches long so I’ve got about 7.5 more to go before I start the straps. It should start to go a little faster in another twelve rounds since I wont have to keep track of any more increases.I really like the lace pattern down the front. It’s cute but not complicated and the stitches stand out nicely in the hemp. Decreases are a bit tough to work though since the yarn doesn’t have much stretch.
Here is the first of the Endpaper Mitts. It has actually been finished but for the thumb ribbing for over a month; I’ve been distracted by other projects. On Tuesday I realized that it was still not done and just sat down and knit the remaining seven or eight rounds. I had to look up the bind off instructions because it had been so long since I’d bound off the hand stitches.
I’ve been working on Rob’s sweater for just over a week now and I’m about half way done the back. The needles are starting to get pretty heavy but since I’m now working on the armhole shaping I’ve got fewer stitches to deal with - 38 to be exact! The yarn feels wonderful to work with and the sweater, such as it exists, feels squashy and warm. I love the colour too; it’s so rich. You can’t really see it in the pictures but there are individual golden fibres in among the green and they lend some added depth to the evergreen.
