hourglass progress

So I finished the body on Monday night...

okay, this *was* relatively a quick knit

I was confused at first with how exactly this was supposed to come together...you knit the body like a tube with decreases/increases along the sides.  (this idea I really like, b/c I've heard that sweaters knit in the round tend to not have much shape and are a bit too stretchy)  Then you knit the sleeves in a tube and connect them.  This is what didn't make sense to me, looking at the final drawing of the sweater pieces, I didn't see a straight edge sleeve tube connecting to the tubed body. 

Many thanks to Pamela who I met at the local knitters group (no I just really don't like the term SnB, thank you) it is all coming together for me now...that and she pointed out that the Vogue knitting book had an illustration of what exactly would be happening. 

After meeting and knitting with the group at Jerzey's I raced home and scoured the book...there it was.  Clear as day.  I had only bought the full Vogue Knitting recently, so I still hadn't unearthed all of the treasures that await in that book!  I had the compendium for a long time, which I see now, is nice to have as a takealong, but doesn't contain anywhere near the informative pearls of knowledge as the full copy.

this is what I knit last night :)

The sleeve looks more tapered than it actually is...the darn Inox needle cord is soooo curled, and yes I'm knitting my sleeves straight b/c I didn't have a long enough needle to do them magicloop style or a short enough circular to knit in the round.  Oh, and I suppose an added bonus of knitting the sleeves straight, is that I finally have something to practice my continental purling on.  I'm getting better, but wow is it challenging.  I still have to think when I purl.

Comments

[Purly Whites]

Hey, that looks great and you are so super fast!!

[christine]

Looks great! Did you say what yarn you are using...if you did I am sorry... big fat after baby brain farts!

[marian]

It was great to meet you Wednesday night, and truth be told, I don't care for phrase SnB either. I like the reference Eastside Stitchers! Hope to see you again...