09-28-2015

This yarn is amazing, it feels wonderful and knits easily, which is good because I probably cast on a bit too tightly. I always seem to do that.

10-02-2015

Had to frog and start over. First time knitting flat on circulars, I overthought it and started one of my skeins on the wrong side. Didn’t figure it out until I realized I was working WS 2 times in a row and the RS didn’t look quite right. Thankfully I was only on row 6. Finished row 3 last night, now that I have the pattern down I’ve speeded up quite a bit. I’d love to have this finished in 2 weeks or less. Got too many things to do before Christmas!

10-09-2015

Not going as quickly as I’d hoped. The knit rows fly by but I’m so slow at purling. I continue to be unable to grasp either Continental or English styles. Oh well, I’m still loving how this is turning out.

10-11-2015

So far I’m 25 hours in and 39 rows complete. I estimate it’ll be finished at about 80 rows. If I keep to my current pace I might actually make my 2 week deadline! (not counting the bad start)

I increased the pattern’s difficulty rating to medium because of the denseness of the fabric and the frustration of constantly juggling 3 skeins. I also bumped the yarn down to 4 stars because it’s fuzzing more than I thought it would and splits too easily. I’m constantly stopping to drag one tiny fiber off the needle and put it back with the thread.

10-19-2015

One morning I just magically mastered flicking like I’d been doing it all along. Crazy how that goes. I cut my time per row in half so I feel like progress is better but my available knitting time was reduced this week. Lots of compliments on how it’s turning out but I’m so ready to be done!

~38 hours, 64 rows.

10-24-2015

48 hours approx to knit. Did not count weaving ends or blocking time. About half way through I figured out the secret to faster knitting so my time isn’t representative for an experienced knitter.