Ruthless Knitting Archive

I’ve finished the back of the herringbone sweater. That makes three pieces down and one piece to go. Here they are all laid out:

It’s a funny sort of accomplishment, finishing the third piece of a sweater. It’s satisfying, but it’s also something of a letdown, since you can’t do much of anything with three pieces of a sweater except fold them into a neat little pile and get going on the fourth piece.

That swatch on the top of the pile was yesterday’s project. In order to decide which needles to use for the front of the sweater, which will be entirely herringbone, I had to try out four different sizes.

After consulting with David, I accepted his recommendation and settled on the second one from the top, for which I used US size 4 needles. The width of each column of herringbone should match the width between slipped-stitch columns on the arms and back. At least, that’s the plan.

After working on this sweater for a little over a month, I’ve decided to call it “Slim,” both in reference to the slimming vertical lines and in honor of Florence’s beau-turned-husband.* Normally, I would be feeling antsy to move on to something new, but I’ve been unusually faithful to Slim. I guess that, like Florence, I’m in this for the long haul.

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*If you have no idea what I’m talking about, check out the Adventures of Florence category over there on the sidebar –>.