Roam-ing through the weekend
Long weekends are good for the soul. Long weekends in February are also good for the sanity.
Even this long weekend which ushered in a 7 day stint of single-parenting was a good thing--especially when you have a pile of DVDs to placate the kids and a sweater to work on.
Roam is almost done.
Even though I haven't blogged about it much (or really anything much--work is rather busy right now), I've had a lovely case of knitting monogamy and I'm in that "gotta-get-it-done" space with this sweater. I finished the last front piece, the hood and the seaming this weekend. The ends are woven in and I'm on the last bit--the i-cord fronts.
I want to give a big nod to Laura for designing a beautiful sweater and for writing a great pattern. The little details really show on this sweater. I was planning to skip the icord fronts, partly because my attached icord sucks (I'm doing better this time, but it's still not as nice as I would like) and partly because I'm lazy. I planned the fronts so the yarn switching happened on the seam edge meaning I would have nice facings for the zipper, but once it was all done I see how the firm vertical line of the i-cords really ads to the design. And will be really slimming They also look nifty in hand-painted yarn. So they stay.
Consider the heap o'Roam sweater a teaser--I want to do a proper reveal (you see I'm also watching too much HGTV). I also need to find the right zipper and put it in. I'm not sure if a coloured one will work so I'll probably go with brass which is easily found at my local Fabric Land (must remember to pack my swatch tomorrow so I can get the zipper on my way home). I'm hoping to have it done for the weekend because I'm also feeling the desire to finish my Earth Stripe Wrap and I don't want the fiddly parts of finishing Roam to languish while I work on something else.
Can't wait to see the reveal! Beautiful colors! It's going to be so gorgeous!
Posted by: Jen Sirois | February 19, 2008 at 02:15 PM
I'm looking forward to the big reveal!
Posted by: Knittripps | February 19, 2008 at 03:10 PM
yay!!
Posted by: laura | February 19, 2008 at 10:21 PM
The I-cord is frustrating me a *lot*. I've ripped it out and redone it at least twice, and I need to do one side of it again because it's now considerably shorter than the other. Sigh.
It'll be interesting to compare your Roam with mine, whose gauge is tighter than the pattern calls for, and see how different the drape is.
Posted by: Emily | February 21, 2008 at 10:17 PM
I think I need to make a Roam...
Posted by: Teresa | February 22, 2008 at 11:00 AM