Progress in blue

I was so eager to click a joyous "Save" after writing my last post on Log Cabin # 3 that I forgot to mention an essential element involved in its creation, i.e. the pattern. It is, all together now, the "How to Log Cabin" pattern from Mason-Dixon Knitting .  All knitting books that I bring home start out on my nightstand, for a month or two, before I file them in my knitting bookshelves, but this book is one of the few that have earned a permanent niche by my bedside. You never know when the need to review the basics of striped mitered bedspreads may arise.

Next to the nightstand is a knitting bag containing the skeins I am using for this, log cabin number four. It is actually growing at a good clip:

Since the color combination on this one is more traditional (not the right word, I know, but I can't come up with a better one), I don't have to spend much time making decisions or frogging a few rows that clash with the rest -- something I had to do on occasion with #3.  Nevertheless, I have my doubts about the touches of very dark green that have been included so far. If I wasn't so lazy, I would consider frogging them. The contrast looks too strong to me; I ought to have saved this colorway for a final edging, perhaps. As it is I don't plan to use much more often. The yarn, Plymouth Encore, comes in enough blues, teals, ochres, light greens, to offer enough variety without turning to a much darker, attention-grabbing color.

Last week I did manage a break from log-cabin knitting, long enough to produce this:

The first sleeve of my cabled cardigan, all done. Knitting in the round made it a breeze; I do much better with my tension and I didn't agonize over where to place the sleeve increases and armhole decreases. I know some knitters can't stand the feel of linen yarn, but I love it down to its very roughness. This sleeve took nearly one skein, which means that once I am finished with the cardigan, and I have two more skeins in my stash, which means that I'll be able to explore the virgin territory of facecloth-knitting with the leftovers. Did I mention I love knitting with this yarn?

Comments

[marjorie]

This blanket and the other are beautiful. I've not been one for knitting things that aren't clothes, but I'm definitely going to check out the copy of Mason-Dixon Knitting in the library to read about the construction.