Lake and Shore

Published August 1, 2007 by cheryl

I’m still working on the VLT Curved Shawl, and I’ve finally made it to 100 rows on the body (out of 168). I’d show you a photo, but it wouldn’t really look a lot different from the last one. But at least progress is being made. Unfortunately, it’s knit starting at the “small” end, I still have a looong way to go.

After finishing “Carla”, I needed something a bit more mindless than the shawl to work on while I’m at SnB (or at the doctor’s office, sitting in the waiting room). I decided to start on the “Shore Set Hoodie” from Knitter’s Magazine Issue 86, Spring 2007. I’m using Lion Brand Cotton-Ease, in “Lake” (appropriate, don’t you think?). I’ve been wanting to buy a long-sleeved swimsuit coverup for quite a while, but hadn’t found one I liked. Then I saw this pattern and figured I might as well make one! The pattern uses a textured yarn and is knit in reverse stockinette to produce a terry-cloth kind of result, but since I’m using the Cotton-Ease instead, I decided to knit it in stockinette and just set off the cable panels with a couple of purl stitches on each side. It’s a quick enough knit that if I decide I don’t like it, it won’t be a big deal to frog it, but so far it looks okay.

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