I've been steadily knitting away on DD1's hooded cardigan and I've now got it to the point where the body and sleeves are done and the button and buttonhole bands are completed.
(the colour's more green than that but it's a horrible windy, murky day today and I've had to switch on the lights in the lounge).
I shall be casting on the hood later today and will be browsing the internet for buttons. I'm thinking of going with wooden ones, but will check with DD1 when she gets home from school.
I've made various modifications to the pattern which I'll detail when I do an FO post about it.
I've also been knitting away on the scarf for my mother-in-law, but I'm not happy with it.
I like the yarn (well, I would say that, wouldn't I - I spun it myself!). I like the fabric that's knitting up. What I don't like is that it isn't getting wide enough as quickly as I'd like. So, I think I'm going to frog it and instead of doing increases at the edges every other row and increases down the spine every four rows, I'm going to carry on doing the spine increases every four rows, but increase at the edge on every row. I'm sure I've got some navy chunky-weight acrylic in a box or bag somewhere, so might do a test (might go up to a 6mm needle as well) to see how it looks rather than keep frogging and re-knitting the handspun yarn. It's all rather frustrating as I can picture in my mind how I want it to look
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Hopefully I'll have sorted it out by the next time I post.
Ooo, you've been busy! The cardigan looks great, and what a shame about the shawl. But I always think it's better to frog sooner than later, because then you'll never be happy with it. Good luck with the mods.
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