lady cobblestone.

So, I jumped right in to this project– although I had to account for the fact that it was designed for a man, using yarn thicker than mine. Namely:

Gauge swatched.

For a 33″ chest (allowing 1″ of ease), cast on 184 sts.

Knit straight up (no waist or bust shaping) to the armholes– a 20-row garter stitch border at the bottom (meaning, 10 garter ridges), and 14-stitch garter panels up the sides.

For the sleeves, I just worked:

x/52 = 184/176

using the proscribed CO amounts from the pattern in the denominators. That resulted in CO 54, with 10-ridge garter borders again. About an inch before the sleeve was as long as I wanted it, I worked:

inc. round: m1, k2, m1, k plain

alternating with plain rounds, ingesamt fünfmal.

To join, I put the underarm stitches on scrap yarn– 14 from each side panel on the body, and 14 from each arm, centered on the increases– 54 stitches in all– and here I am:

Otherwise, things are going well. I think there’s too much twist in the yarn– look at how diagonal the stitches in the arm are– but hopefully I can block that out. It’s also uneven (and unplied), so there are some scarily thin spots, which I’m sure will break the first time I wear it– although maybe it might felt slightly and hold itself together? One can only hope.

Next up: the garter yoke, and back-of-the-neck shortrows. woooo!

PS: got a letter from Seattle today.

PPS: in the Meno today, there was a brief discussion of Themistocles’ son being able to stand up straight on a horse, and throw javelins at the same time.

PPPS: the spinning wheel is gone. it was quite a conversation piece.

new year’s resolution

I owe 29 letters.

1 to Rebecca Holmes,

1 to Christine Fang,

1 to Mary Eannarino,

1 to Matt Ball,

2 to Victor Yamaykin,

2 to Nic Anthony,

2 to Katie Tygielski,

10 to Benjamin Reinhardt,

and 9 postcards to various Germans (Spaniards. Austrians. Americans.).

I guess an admission of this sort could be classified as a declaration of chapter 13 bankruptcy – “I’m working on it, guys.”

Or viewed as a re-initiation of hostilities (refraining from mentioning That Other Current Event).

I need to go buy some stamps.