Newport Cardigan

Okay, so here's the cardigan finished.  I added ribbing around the bottom because the single crochet didn't really keep the back from rolling up along the bottom edge.  

Here's a photo before the bottom ribbing was added.  It's hard to see because I was holding the bottom in place, hence the ribbing decision.

I do very much like this pattern, and I have pulled a gorgeous colorway of Kochoron for another one.  This time I will make the next larger size (finished bust 40") This fits well enough, but there's not much ease.  

On the next one I'm going to try another edge treatment that is sure to prevent rolling but doesn't require an edging or ribbing. 

Valour- seaming and staging

As I said in the newsletter, I started this July 23rd, and finished it today.  I’m very happy with it—the yarn, the style, and the color.  I am also very grateful to our fellow Ravelers who posted pictures and wonderful advice about joining Valour back and fronts.  In particular, one wise knitter said she’d used a flat, reversible seam to join the parts.  How brilliant!  I had been really ambivalent about the right and wrong sides of this fabric.  The three by one rib gives a very strong textural element about which I have not made up my mind.  With this reversible seam, I can wear it either way depending on my mood.  Here's how it works

and how it looks on both sides

It's not a seam that gives the fabric a smooth and flawless join, but it is flat and you really have to look closely to see the seaming yarn.  I am very happy with the effect, and especially the flexibility it gives me to wear the vest with either side out. 


Other Ravelers mentioned using a sock yarn to keep the seams from becoming too bulky, which I often do anyway, but I was particularly pleased to find this bit of leftover Berroco Sox Metallic with all the same colors of the Colourscapes.  I pulled out the metallic bit so as not to draw attention to the seam. 

This vest is a beautiful way to try out Colourscapes.  I made the second size--a medium to fit bust 36-38, and I got gauge using size 10 needles.  You will want to swatch it yourself and be sure you’re using the needles that are right for you.  Per other posts on Ravelry, I took only three skeins off the shelf, and sure enough, I finished the vest with a small ball leftover.  I think I may, however, get another skein because the color that's leftover is the very pale blue, which may not be the best option for trimming around the armholes.

Here's the back.

I really like this vest and the yarn.  Can't wait for fall!