Monthly Archives: January 2014

It grows! Judging from these pictures I took in my front yard, one of several things happened after the right front was done:  A) I lost my head amidst the lanolin fumes and thought I had a lap full of sheep that needed to graze, B) I have a thing for tossing lovely white sweaters on the dirty ground, or C) There was no light and/or no clean spot on the floor in my house at the moment I felt like taking a picture. (I’m leaning toward both B & C personally…)

Sadly, the other front was finished late in the evening a few days later when it was much too dark outside for a picture, so I had to settle for throwing it on my dirty floor instead.

Then yesterday the back was finished (AND I FORGOT TO TAKE A PICTURE CRAP CRAP CRAP),

{ see? no picture of the back and front flaps laid out flat here }

and today the shoulders were seamed.

I was so excited to finally try it on today and it’s a nice fit (or will be once it’s blocked of course), but I will admit to having a momentary twinge of wishing I had made it a little longer. Actually, I almost did make it a few inches longer, but with not being sure about yarn amounts and all that, I didn’t think it would be smart to risk running out and having to sacrifice the hood at the end, so I only went over the length the pattern called for by a teensy smidge.

But ANYWAY, enough of my incessant public hand-wringing. I know it will block out a little bigger in all directions, and I will still love it no matter what, so that’s all I need to say about that.

In the realm of real regrets though, I do wish I had more sleeve progress to share this week. It took me so long just to get to the point of starting them, I’m afraid I didn’t get very far in time for today’s post.

And in the spirit of full disclosure (yes, one of my all time, most-overused phrases, sorry), I had some difficulty understanding the pattern directions when it came to the sleeve stitch slipping and picking up part. I’m not going to write it all out here due to specific pattern discussion and all that, but I will direct you to the ever helpful Juniper Moon Farm KAL thread on Ravelry in case you’re having a similar problem. Or perhaps you just want to have a chuckle at my apparent ineptitude, either way is good.

So. I leave you until next time with this picture of my wee sleeve baby, and the hopes that I have two full ones to share in my next post. Happy Shepherding, friends!

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Amber resides in sporadically idyllic Berks County, PA with her husband and three children.

This time of year, she can most often be found knitting, baking, sewing, or DIYing her house to heck and back. She definitely should leave that house more often.