It seems the latest issue of Interweave Knits got me in trouble this month. I showed it to my daughter and she picked out 2 things she liked. One, a summer sweater... that's not too bad, I can do that... It is knit with coton and has a keyhole back - cute! I had started this last month and finished up and gave it to her already - looks better on her!
So she liked a sweater, not too bad, but... she also liked a dress. Very cute a baby doll style. With cable panels and pleating. Being the good Mom, I said sure, I can do that.. someone, please smack me next time! I don't carry the yarn, I had her look on line at the colors, and I ordered the yarn. I should have known I was in trouble when I needed 18 (used 19) balls of DK weight yarn. I cast on. 820 sts!! As I said there are pleats, so the skirt doesn't really decrease as you knit up (only a little) for 20 inches. So guess what I did all month? Knit this dress! And finished it last night. I did adjust the back a bit. The pattern had it end at the skirt and get laced up, but I wanted a little more coverage and stability so I knit a back and knit a tube at the top of it to thread the I- cord through. I think it turned out cute. She get it tomorrow, next month I'll post a picture of it on her rather than a dress form (it should look better). Hopefully she loves it and wears it everyday!! :)
The only other thing I had time for this month was to start a scarf in new yarn yesterday. Just another scarf, you say? Yes it is like all the others, but... this one has cute little sequins on the edging. Actually very pretty.
And that's it. A lot of knitting and not a lot to show for it. Now back to all the ideas I had before I was interrupted with the DRESS and all the new ideas that have come along the way. So, we'll see what July brings..... Until then, Happy Knitting, Nancy
