Making it work.

by | Nov 24, 2012 | Knitting, Knitting challenge, WIP | 9 comments

What’s going on with this Rocky Coast Cardigan? It looks like I’m knitting on two different parts at once. Well, I sort of am. Matt, Z, and I were in the car on the way to our first of three Thanksgivings and I was chugging along on the body. I realized I finally had enough length to do the ribbing. I checked my pattern. Lo and behold I should have remembered to bring a smaller needle for the ribbing. Oops.

What I had remembered was a 47″ size 5 needle to use when doing magic loop method on the sleeves. I was able to leave my 40″ needle in the body and start on my sleeves so I would not get behind on NaKniSweMo. Taking the baby to my parent’s house is prime knitting time because everyone wants to hold her (and even change the diapers) so I’m free to knit most of the time. I’m pretty close to the elbows last I checked and overall I’m feeling confident about my progress with 7 days left.

The needle and ball still attached at the bottom became a bit cumbersome every time I turned the sweater, so I rigged this:

Now they stay intact while I turn the sleeves. I’m really glad I added the additional stitches (about 2 inches worth) to the sleeves, as well as the yoke length. They definitely would be too snug if not for that.

Okay…just two more Thanksgiving dinners to go and about 5.5 hours to go in the car to get to those places. KNITTING TIME.

9 Comments

  1. mancunianvintage
    mancunianvintage on November 24, 2012 at 10:37 am

    Wow – what a gorgeous cardy you’re working on! Love you’re improvisation for keeping the extra yarn and needles out of the way!

    Hope you enjoy your next two dinners! 🙂

    http://www.mancunianvintage.com

  3. Karen P
    Karen P on November 25, 2012 at 2:15 pm

    looks so gorgeous! i can’t wait to see it when it’s all done! hope you had a great thanksgiving!

  4. Julia M.
    Julia M. on November 25, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    I love this sweater. Yellow is not my colour (neither in general nor in garments), but this looks really, really wonderful. Go go go! 😀

  5. Jenn @ knitwisepurlwise
    Jenn @ knitwisepurlwise on November 25, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    You have made some amazing progress! I can’t wait to see the finished sweater! At this point, it seems like you’ll have no problem finishing by Friday.

  6. yoli
    yoli on November 26, 2012 at 9:55 am

    That’s a LOT of driving time, lady. Glad you’re able to make it productive!

  8. margaux
    margaux on November 27, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    gorgeous color! I am also into the two sleeves at the same time on one circular… never thought of that!

  9. saskia
    saskia on December 5, 2012 at 7:12 am

    Very nice! Love the texture of this cardi 🙂