My jeans are now pink

I stood over the sink for about an hour and hand felted the armhole facing of Craig's vest. That red yarn runs like crazy--I'm hoping the colour will come out of my jeans. I'm rather happy with the results:

I also come to a realization of what I should have done with the vest. Instead of the abandoned knit on facings, I should have done attached i-cords over all the edges and then felted. Sigh. I'm paying for my folly with a lot of work over the sink. And it is a bit wide still so I'm going to hand felt the back a bit more and if that doesn't work we'll cut it down the back and make a seam. Craig still likes it so I'm happy enough. There will be no more work on it until it dries--then I'll do all the rest of the knitting and felt it in one long go.

I even had time to work on Rogue. I finished the cable chart for the sleeve.

I like that I am starting to understand the charts and cable formations, I could almost anticipate what would come next. Texture knitting is my favourite both in process and product so I'm always happy when I progress in my knitting confidence. Maybe I'll get another good night in and finish this sleeve. I could be wearing Rogue really soon! (Warning: this is an addictive sweater to knit).

Comments

[kathy]

Wow - my hat is off to you for persevering and fixing it.
You're going to finish Rogue in no time! Can't wait to see it.

[Erica]

The armhole is looking great - nice work! And Rogue looks like so much fun... I can't wait to start!

[claudia]

I will bet that the red comes out of the jeans. That Rogue sleeve is looking fine!

[Sharlene]

I'm having the same addictive experience with Rogue myself! I'm going to work on my second sleeve tonight and see how far I get. I'm also saving the hood for last. Also pondering yarn choices for another one, but probably not until next winter. But I sure am having fun with the cables.