During all this upheaval I have been knitting. My current project is basic stockinette, necessary as my reading ability is really hampered right now until my new glasses come in (next week), and my eyes are different enough, that simple readers don't work.
I've been working on this pattern by Cocoknits called Louisa. In retrospect I realize that I am probably knitting it in the color shown here, but that wasn't my intention. I saw a sample of this garment at the Vogue Knitting Live market last month, and selected a color of Habu N-68 Lamb Linen from the colors available, and you see what happened.
Being somewhat tall and long of torso, I had to do a little lengthening of the pattern to achieve a fit that was flattering on me, as you can see from the rather blurry photos below, which were taken fairly late at night with inadequate lighting.
The first photo is the length of the sweater as written, which as you can see, is too short and hits at an unfortunate position which emphasizes the curve of the hips and thighs in an unflattering way. The second photo shows the sweaters current length, after adding an additional 6 inches of length. Perhaps longer than necessary, but a flattering length on me, at least if I am wearing this with jeans, which is my intention. With a skirt or different styling the shorter length might be fine, and I may well consider that option in another version of this sweater.
At this point I have knit the body of the sweater up to the armholes and am about to start the sleeves, which are knitted in the round, then joined to the body and the top is knitted in one piece. Apparently, I don't have size 7 double-pointed needles so I will be picking those up tonight at knitting as I would much rather use the DPNs than two circulars, which I just find confusing and aggravating.
Here is a photo of the body of the sweater so far. The fabric is light and soft and has great drape. I am having some worries about whether I have enough yarn. I did order extra, but I don't know if I ordered enough extra for the six-inch extension. I probably won't know until I run out, so I might be on tenterhooks for a while yet. The yarn is available and I can order more; if the dye lots are not similar I have a couple of ideas for incorporating the color change into the design although they may require some ripping and reknitting.
I wish I had weighed the yarn with the cone when it arrived. I know how much yarn I purchased, but I don't know the weight of the cone itself. If I had weighed the yarn on the cone, I would have a much better idea of how much yarn is left.
