05-18-2025

Feeling like celebrating because I finally found some affordable laceweight wool to make Branch, which was the design that first really spoke to me in Landed, Volume 1: The Avalon, but I didn’t have stash for it!

In my excitement, I forgot to order one color! gah! And then the Rav description lists six misnumbered CCs, not seven, so I am TWO colors short. Gah!

Size 4

MC will be dark brown
CC1 will be the Istex Ash Heather
CC2 will also be Istex Ash Heather
CC3 will be light brown
CC4 will be pastel blue —they say Color #142, MISLABELED AS #143
CC 5 will be medium grey
CC 6 will also be medium grey
CC 7 will be denim

05-31-2025

Ordered some more colors. So

MC will be dark brown
CC1 will be the Istex Ash Heather
CC2 will be pastel blue (142)
CC3 will be light brown
CC4 will be green (153)
CC 5 will be denim blue
CC 6 will be medium grey (13)
CC 7 will be cerise

06-02-2025

Using 2.5 mm needle instead of 2.25 because that’s what I have with a 60-inch cable.

06-02-2025

Doing a regular waistband casing. Provisional cast-on of 364 stitches for a size 3. Working flat for an inch and then in the round for 1.5 inches, creating a hole for the elastic, which I will feed through later. Knit both sets of live stitches (working and provisional) together to make the waistband casing.

There is a good photo tutorial for a skirt waistband in Аroma of Mulled Wine.

06-13-2025

First stage complete! On to steeking and skirt body inserts.

06-15-2025

Totally ingenious design of the inserts: The lace pattern on the inserts serves as markers for the short rows, and it is just so darned cool. Such a pleasure to knit.

06-18-2025

My first insert seems to hang askew, though the ends seem to align to same place on each side of colorwork pattern. Maybe it is because of the short rows on one side? Hoping the addition of the bottom hem and blocking will help it align better.

07-02-2025

On the last insert! This design has 21 steeks and 1001 Kitchenered stitches. I feel chuffed having soldiered through!

07-08-2025

The pattern says to use CC1 for edging, but the pictures show MC. I am going with MC.

07-20-2025

Finished. Blocking now!

07-22-2025

It really grew with blocking, adding several inches Iength. So it’s a maxi for me. Still love it.