week... something.
i seem to have lost count of how long rogue is taking me. it's over a month, which means it's taking a tiny bit longer than i'd hoped, but i'm still thinking that i can have a completed sweater (or at least all the parts) by next weekend.
(pardon my cheesy expression in the picture. i was excited.)
also, the hood is maybe a little bit big. my gauge is a little off, since my 39" sweater has a 40" bust. it's not a bad thing, and i'm fairly entertained that i can hide in my hood. but really, it's not that abnormally huge, that's as far forward as it can go, and the wind was blowing it right up against my head.
speaking of the hood, check out that grafting! even with a cheat sheet, i still managed to make a small mistake, but i am thoroughly pleased with it anyhow. you'd think i came up with it myself, or something, for how smitten i am with this thing. just wait till it's a whole sweater - i'll never take it off!
all i'm missing now are sleeves, and there they are, at least the beginnings of them. again with the provisional cast on, so i can hem as i go. alas, i somehow completely botched up the cast on, and working the scrap yarn free of the stitches was not as painless as it should have been. still, i'm going to knit this evening, and most of the day tomorrow, so i should be able to finish the sleeve cables this weekend.
in other knitting news, i got this book in the mail today. not saying that i'm fashionable or anything, but i do prefer my sweaters not to look too grandmotherly. after seeing a few of the pattern photos posted online, i decided it looked promising enough to order without having seen in person. ordinarily, i don't actually buy knitting books, because so few of them seem to have more than one pattern i'd actually make. but this book.. oh my. what's not to like about it? the layout is lovely, the photos are gorgeous, and the patterns? i would gladly make almost every item in this book. even the ones i don't care for (i'm just not so into bulky yarn) have interesting details that i may use elsewhere.
also surprising are that the yarns used are very easy to come by - lots of cascade yarns, and even some lion brand. the patterns also call for very little seaming, which is excellent. (we hates the seaming.) and they all appear to be very flat-chested friendly, which is another good thing for me.
that's about all on the knitting front today. one last photo for today, of the new windmills in lackawanna. i was excited that they finally went up - it's generally pretty windy around here, why not put it to use? apparently some people are not pleased with these, saying they're ugly, or noisy. honestly? the windmills are no uglier than the surrounding abandoned factories and warehouses. there are already so many structures bordering the lackawanna waterfront, that these hardly stand out. i managed to drive past them twice a day for a week without seeing them. and noisy? i couldn't tell, because the big ugly factory across the street from them was drowning out any sound they might have been making.
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I explored to train and found a viewing car, which was freakin' awesome. It was snowing like crazy and we were going through beautiful country in Maryland, not that I could see much seeing as it was the middle of the night.
Just before sunrise when I was starting to get awfully sleepy, I was jerked awake by the sight of those damn windmills. Yes, I love them, yes they're awesome, but they look like some strange otherworldly torture devise if your brain is being addled by exhaustion and excitement. ;) That said, YAY GREEN!
Oh. And rogue. ;) Your vest looks amazing! It fits you so well, and the color is absolutely fantastic on you! It looks like you're coming along swimmingly on the sleeves, too. I'm also really glad you linked to that cheat sheet. I've been ignoring the fact that I've got to graft at the moment. Yes, that's a good way to deal with it.
Week 7. ish. By the way. :D