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Portuguese Shores progress

Monday, April 3, 2017

I’ve been really enjoying working on my Shore cardigan. I look forward to the evening hours when I can plop on the couch grab my project and knit away while enjoying an episode of my latest Netflix addiction.

Don’t you love it when you are working on a project and every time you dedicate yourself to it, you notice a visible ‘grow spurt”? It’s so satisfying. Of course all this “mindless” knitting can result in a blunder or two. I was lulled into such a good rhythm that I just knitted away without thinking, only realizing too late that I should have tried on my cardigan before finishing the hem. Because when I did, I realized that the model wearing the cardigan in the picture and I are not the same proportions. 

Ripping out 25cm of a project is never pleasant, but unfortunately necessary in certain situations. Luckily I quickly recovered from my mistake and have now even finished both sleeves (no 2nd sleeve syndrome here) and I am about to  start on the neck and button band. 

I cannot wait to give this knit a proper bath and block and then, weather permitting, find the perfect location for some nice photographs.


2 comments :

  1. It's funny how even though we are experienced knitters, from time to time we forget to try things on as we are knitting! So glad you caught it before the whole sweater was done. I love your yarn choice, the colour is so beautiful!

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  2. Ripping out is never fun, but what a satisfying feeling it is that afterwards you get it just right! Really looking forward to seeing it modeled!

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