This is Sarah Castor's Honeycomb slipover from the Spring 2008 Knitty -- why it has taken me this long to a) finish it, and b) blog about it, I do not know, for it is in fact a very nice pattern, and it turned out well. I finished it some time in May, I think -- I remember wearing it to choir practice, surprised and pleased that the weather was still cool enough at the time to wear it. I am embarrassed to admit that I don't know any more how many skeins of the Silky Wool I used, nor what size I worked -- I have four ball bands in the bag with the leftover wool, but I'm sure it was more than four, certainly five, but possibly six, as I worked it about 3 inches longer than specified, as I don't like slipovers quite this short.
As I've said before, I debated with myself for quite some time after working the ribbing -- I hate to say a year, but it may well have been -- about the honeycomb stitch, which I did not much care for, but eventually thought "for heaven's sake, just do it" and plowed on ahead.
And I couldn't stick fussing with a cable needle for one stitch at a time, nor bring myself to cable without it altogether -- in my defense, the wool is rather fine, and did not seem to lend itself well to this method -- so I used the twists instead. Much easier.
For C2B, do a right twist (RT): K2tog but do not remove sts from needle, K first st again and slip both sts off needle together.
For C2F, do a left twist (LT): K second st tbl but do not remove it from needle, K first st and slip both sts off needle together.
Other than that, it's a good pattern -- it all went together very easily, has a nice fitted shape, flattering (flattering is good!), and matched nicely with the recommended yarn.
The Silky Wool is very nice, lovely to work with, a pleasant hand, and the color is just perfect.
So -- yes, a very nice knit. Got a number of compliments on it the very first time I wore it, too!
It's so pretty. Lovely shape, colour and stitch pattern. Its good to read a good old blogpost about knitting. So many knitbloggers don't blog anymore. I miss the buzz I used to get from reading, so thanks for giving me my knitting buzz today :)
Posted by: erin | August 22, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Nice nice vest, and thanks for sharing your experiences.
Posted by: Elena | August 23, 2010 at 04:05 AM