Days are good, my hip is starting to feel better (but I’m still taking it easy), and the cat has calmed down. Okay, I had to give him several of my little knitted projects to sleep on, but the cat trap worked and I’m knitting in peace.
With two evenings of peaceful knitting I’ve made a lot of progress on the Koivua sweater that I’m knitting. Check it out!
I did an additional repeat of the knit/purl textured section at the bottom of the sweater and then decided to do corrugated ribbing and an I-cord bind off instead of the all white ribbing that the pattern called for. The ribbing at the top of the sweater really pulled in, and I decided that I didn’t want that going on in my sweater since the patterned section is going to try to balloon out and misbehave as it is. Hopefully the corrugated ribbing will tame things once I’m wearing this baby.
I’m now tacking some sleeve modifications as I’m not sure that I want them to bell out as much as the pattern has. Stay tuned for more pattern trickery!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Yarn, Books & Roses 
Your sweater looks great!
I like your cat trap:) I wish it worked for Myles but he tends to lead with his teeth.
I am so happy with the corrugated ribbing; less happy with the ballooning white areas. Hopefully blocking will cure all sweater ills.
MacKenzie: Myles, remember to chomp gently!!
Oh, my goodness! MacKenzie must get away with a LOT given the unreal amount of cuteness. He would at my house!! LOL Your Koivua is looking great, especially with that awesome corrugated ribbing mod!
He excels at cuteness; you’d never guess what a strong-will cat he is from the pictures. He is just a wonderful companion, really he is. As long as I keep handing over the cookies!
The Koivua is really coming along now. So happy with it. I’m playing around with the sleeves and hoping that I won’t have to rip.
Your sweater is beautiful! I love the colour combo!
Thank you. I agonized over it and the cream is the second yarn I bought to go with the pink.
Well you ended up with an awesome combo:)
Thanks!
This really is going to be such a beautiful jumper. The icord in the dark at the bottom looks lovely. Have you tried washing some strands of the pink and pale yarns together in warm water to check for colour fastness? There are solutions if there is a risk the deep colour will run, may be worth testing with the yarn first. 🙂
I did check for color fastness, but will still be washing in cold water and vinegar the first time. 🙂 Things like that give me nightmares!
Your sweater is looking great! Love the mix of colorwork and texture sections 🙂 MacKenzie is looking handsome as always 🙂 Also, glad your hip is feeling a bit better!
Thanks. I’m racing down the sleeve now and can’t wait to show it off. MacKenzie is helping me (NOT!) as usual. Yesterday I was able to go up stairs, so I’m continuing to see hip improvement. Yay!
Yay!
Cat trap – LOL! I love the sweater 💜💜💜
MacKenzie: if she would knit me more blankets there wouldn’t be a problem!!
I just finished a sweater sleeve! I should get a picture up today.