My SSKAL15 project is moving slooooowly. Even with all of the lovely comments suggesting Carpino for my swatches, my thoughts were still on Element quite a bit. I didn’t want to use the Cascade Fingering for that, but instead I wanted to tear out this sweater and salvage the beautiful beautiful Socks that Rock yarn for something I would wear more often. Don’t get me wrong, Rocky Coast is a beautiful sweater, but it slips down my shoulders terribly and I made it far too long, and I really am more of a fan of cardigans I can wrap myself in completely. I ripped out half of it, reset the yarn, swatched in the round, blocked my swatches, and thought and thought and thought. Then I flipped a coin.

Sometimes all you need is to actually flip the coin and while it’s in the air you know what you really want. I decided even though the coin toss determined Element in Socks that Rock, my heart said Carpino in Cascade Fingering.

But before that all happened I spent $24 on patterns just to study them. I have Marshall, Carpino, and Element and all the lovely information that goes along with them. Regardless, I finally got going on Carpino and here is where I’m at: I haven’t memorized the lace yet, even though it’s a simple simple four row repeat, but I’m getting into the rhythm. I wasn’t totally satisfied with either a 35.5″ or a 39″ chest, so I’m splitting the difference and ignoring a couple of increases to end up around 37.75″ or so and I’ve figured out where I’ll be ignoring those increases, so the mental work is mostly done. Now it’s just smooth sailing.