Started Veera Välimäki's "Modern Garden Cardigan" today. I'm using Nashua Handknits Creative Focus Chunky in Emerald. This is my first project that involved a chart… Um, knitting charts are apparently not like cross-stitch charts. I don’t know why it took 3 tries at row 3 on chart A and then 5 or 6 on row 5 for me to catch on to that little concept. I kept trying to do that first purl on the leaf pattern one stitch before I should because on the chart it looked that way. Ugh... Once I got it, it became surprisingly easy.
So multiple redo’s and unmeasurable anguish later, I’m on my way with no problems at all. Actually, the tears have dried up and I’m really enjoying this pattern. The yarn is fabulous too. I’m liking the jewel-tone color and the fuzzy goodness. I spent 2 or 3 hours sorting out the chart issue and now, having spent about that much time since the issue is resolved, I'm about halfway done with the body of the garment. Should be able to finish sometime this weekend between baking Mocha cake and concert on Sunday. Yay!
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