in which I write about stuff
Restarted last week — I got 75% of the way through with the first one, tried doing a stripe of the bright green from the wildflower socks and it was too The Joker — ripped back and finished with a block of some variegated (striped?), which looks much better.
Bound off body of first mitt and started 2nd mitt today.
(9 rows for the thumbs)
Made shorter than pattern because that’s the height I like
Yarn is a handspun from Sarah, previously used in https://www.ravelry.com/projects/epersonae/diamond-cap
tried on after a couple of rows of decreases: it’s both too big and not really the right drape (?) for a hat
started frogging and realized it could make a good cowl! will reknit the last row of purls and then 2 rows stockinette and rows of 2×2 rib to match the bottom
With handspun by Emi
Ending last mesh section around 122/124 rows
Two extra rows before sleeve separation
Sleeve: pick up 7 underarm stitches, knit 7 pattern repeats plus 5 rounds counter should read 6/8
looks like my previous version was made on #3 needles; this time I’m going to try the 2.5s that the pattern actually calls for. (after messing up the pattern repeat and ripping back, decided to cast back on with 3s, as it seemed pretty small with 2.5)
4 pattern repeats up to the gusset
2 pattern repeats thru the gusset
2 pattern repeats post-gusset
8 rounds stst for thumbs
They are a tiny bit small, still not sure if #3s would have been too big
Using one skein of overdyed (grey and green) Space Needle and one skein of regular Space Needle
Used 57 gr overdyed, 47 gr plain
Bound off with Jenny’s stretchy bindoff
Using reclaimed yarn from the Owligan.
Tried gauge swatch on pattern needles (10.5) – row was fine, stitch was about a half-inch small (I think).
Gauge swatch on 11s seems to be the right stitch gauge but row gauge is a bit big. Will need to compensate on sweater length.
Discovered that I did the “brk” (half-brioche?) wrong through the entire knitted flat section — it looks “twisted” in comparison to the rows in the round. Probably going to keep going anyway! The only place where the switch should be noticeable is on the upper back. 
Also, I think the sleeves might be a smidge small but I don’t want to make the v-neck any lower — might try a suggestion I got from Ma’ayan about getting a few extra stitches added when picking up sleeves.
After doing the half-brioche inside out during the bust dart, I ripped the whole thing back to start over.
Had to do one extra round after sleeve separate rounds in order to not do the half-brioche inside out!!!!
Also, starting triangle detail after only 2 rows of body pattern because my row gauge is long. (Looks like it will be 7+ inches to do the whole triangle detail, which is if anything longer than I was thinking I wanted)
Picked up sleeve, added 5 st instead of 3
First sleeve finished at row 7 of repeat 6, about 36 gr of the former-hat yarn remaining
Went down to #10 needles for neck finishing. Used up almost the whole amount of reclaimed yarn, only scraps left!
Thumb bound off after 9 rows
