Colinette Skye Jumper – Progress Report

I had hoped to have finished this jumper by now but unfortunately I have had to work long hours this week including working on my day off – so I have not made as much progress as I would have liked. 

I have knitted the back as one piece and the front as one piece and then I intend to join the sleeves at the top before adding ribs to the ends.

To give more room under the arms and to finish the neck opening at the front  – I have used triangles.

I thought things were going quite well, but I have realised that when I thought the sleeves were 5 squares long I had not counted the column of squares that end with the triangle – and so the sleeves should be 6 squares long.   However, this is the advantage of modular knitting – I can fix it.  I will add squares to the end of the sleeves before adding the rib.

To end on a more positive note – I am pleased with the colour of the jumper – I think you could call it brown.  I have managed to mix the different skeins quite well and I think I have got enough yarn left to lengthen the sleeves, knit the ribs and the button bands.  Then I will have my usual difficult search for buttons.

Colinette Skye Jumper in Domino Squares

A few years ago I knitted a thick jumper for my mother.  She wanted something very thick to wear on cold winter days.  I had some Colinette Skye in my stash which I used to knit her a jumper.  This year I decided to knit her another one as a present.

I haven’t got a pattern – I had to look at the original jumper and try to work out what I did before.  I thought I had written it down, but apparently not!

Colinette recommends using 4.5mm needles for Skye and so I started off using these, but I quickly decided that the fabric was too thick and so I unravelled and started again using 5mm needles.

Knitting a small “domino” square shows the yarn to the best effect because it has a short colour change sequence.  These squares are 8 + 1 + 8 (17sts). 

This time - I am writing the pattern in rough as I go along and will record it on this blog when it is finished – so that I don’t lose it again.

Autumn Leaves Shawl 2

This week I have been working on several different projects at once.  I wondered why I hadn’t got things finished and then I realised that I knitted 14 poppies on Tuesday and Wednesday.  However, I have finished my Autumn Leaves shawl. 

I decided to just do the diamond shapes with no edging and I left the ends pointed – rather than filling them in with triangles. And no – that was not because I ran out of yarn – I still have a bit left from the 3 balls I bought.  I have been wondering whether to block the shawl.  The purists will say that I should but I quite like the ridged effect of the rib and don’t really want to flatten it.

I have also been finishing off a cardigan for my mother doing the button and button-hole bands – but it will not be completely finished until I can find some buttons for it.  I am hoping I might find some next week when I go to Reading.

I have also been to the sorting office twice this week to collect parcels of yarn.  The first contained some Colinette Fandango which I want to use for a bag.

The second contained some Colinette Skye in a shade called Toasted Macaroon.

I was a bit nervous about opening the second parcel in case I didn’t like the colour.  It can be hard to order yarn online when you have not seen it in a shop.  Anyway – I do like the colour and I have now started knitting a very thick jumper with it – I will write more about this next week.