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It’s Shi-day

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So Happy It’s Thursday.    One more day until the weekend.

On my way to work I heard Y.M.C.A by the Village People. It’s a very popular song around here played at all kinds of social events particularly weddings.  I wanted to jump out of the car and dance.  Not a good idea while driving at 65 mph.

The sun is shining.  The grass is green.  The trees have that wonderful spring greeniness about them.

Last night I was busy doing other things but still managed to knit 3 rows on the final front ribbing on the Vine Vest.  Only 17 -22 more to go.  It all depends on how far the rest of the yarn will go.

Then I’ll have the button dilemma again.  I know the original vest doesn’t have buttons but I don’t like things that flop around so I want to have some type of closure along the front edge.   I’ll have more options on how to wear it.

Picking up

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180 stitches to be exact.

The search and rescue mission to find my circular needles was successful yesterday morning.  So last night I did this:

Vine Vest 180 stitches

 
It didn’t take too long to pick up the 74 stitches on the right side and knit the 32 stitches from the neck but picking up the other 74 stitches along the left side took F.O.R.E.V.E.R.  I was trying to match as close as possible what I did on the right side but I would either have too many stitches or not enough.
 
After an hour and a half picking up, ripping out, and picking up over and over again those final 74 stitches, I got it right.
 
Then I went to bed.

Next project

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 Tahki Cotton Classic in Dark Red and Degrade in Orange.

While I’m involved in a search and rescue mission to find my circular needles to finish the ribbing around the Vine Vest, I decided to get ready for a small take-along project.  A splash of yellow or purple may also be involved depending on what intensity the orange is when I get to that part.

Fetching vines

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So do you like my new theme?  The new header is a closeup of the Dots and Stripes purse pattern.  My eyes gravitate to the uneven stitch.  I need to fix that.

Random post here today.

I seamed the sides of the Vine Vest..  The pattern says I should pick up 64 stitches.  The first time (yes, I had to do this more than once) I picked up 50 stitches and did the ribbing.  I don’t know how I was expected to find 64 stitches.  Needless to say, it was too tight.  I pulled out a few stitches on the side seam and picked up 56 stitches.  This worked better.  I don’t like armholes that are too tight (no one does) but I also don’t like then too loose.  My undergarments need to stay under.

I was looking at the Lace Hem Topping I made last summer and the vine stitch I used on that top is the same stitch used on the Vine Vest.   Both are similar in color thought the Lace Hem is a dusty purple and the Vine vest is a bluer purple.  Side-by-side they look different.

The Fetching mitts are in a timeout.  Both are finished and I don’t like how the end flares out.  I may rip out the ends and do a 1×1 rib for the last row or rip them out completely and try another pattern.  I totally messed up the cabling on the right one and didn’t catch it until I was finished.  The more I think about it, the more I am convinced they will become something else.

Posts without pictures are boring and somethings I just skip them.  I have pictures to show you but they are still on my camera.  Sigh.