August 02, 2006

Looking more hourglass-like

Here are a couple progress photos of the hourglass sweater. I'm almost done with the lower body, just about 4 rows left. Then I can start in on the arms. I think the sweater will still fit me nicely even though I decreased a little too much. I made up for that by increasing again so now I have the correct stitch count. If Allison didn't have preggo brain and could do the math right....no, I'm just kidding. She's always a great help to me! She's been patiently waiting for me to get caught up to her so she can continue with our knitalong. Well, Allison, I think I'm almost there!





I have to say I really do like the Debbie Bliss cotton angora. It's very nice to knit with. But it does have fuzzies that shed on me and into the air. I am always rubbing my nose after knitting with it for about an hour. I love how soft it feels too. And I am really looking forward to wearing my sweater this fall!

No news on the house front. A relocation company is in charge of selling my dream house and they are not crazy about a contingency offer. So I'm impatiently waiting for our dinky shoebox to sell so we can try again for the house. There's another one around the corner that just went on the market. It's not quite as perfect, but it has potential. Keep your fingers crossed that someone falls in love with our condo very soon, because the Princess (that's me!) wants all this jazz over with very soon! :-)

2 comments:

allisonmariecat said...

Oooh, cool! I'll have to get going on this again. It's looking great. I'm glad to see my preggo brain didn't screw it up too much :)

I love that color. I think it's going to be beautiful. And good "condo selling" vibes coming your way! I know it'll work out great. You know, somehow :) And then we might have to plan in a little trip...

allisonmariecat said...

Oh, not that this helps you now, but I usually just do adult sleeves on 16" circs. It might be too small for the smallest size, and the first couple of rows are usually a bit tight, but I just don't have the patience for 12" :) I already have dpns, 16", 24" and usually 32-40" in all the sizes I use, and I just refused to add another!