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Good Lord, it's damn hot today so anything you model wrinkles instantly. Take said lime green sweater, for example. A silk/viscose sweater. I present "Waistcoat in Lime". It's a Sandra Knitting pattern that my SnB group knows I had to re-write the whole lace pattern. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. It's not my style to bash anyone's creativity on my blog although I may have those "how the hell is that functional?" kind of moments when I see some of the 'creative' patterns in magazines recently. I really like Sandra although I was very disappointed that the magazine was not receptive to me letting them know they do have errata on one of their patterns. Oh I am sooo sorry, didn't realize the magazine was perfect. I was really disappointed about that. So folks beware, they have really cute patterns, but absolutely no pattern support or errata. Don't be suprised if you have to re-write cable or lace graphs. This is the second pattern I've done and the second time I've re-written the pattern due to an error in increases versus decreases. Although this, in no way, stops me from knitting the patterns. I do like them a lot.
Details:
Pattern: Waistcoat in Rose (Lime for me)
Source: Sandra magazine
Yarn: 6 balls of Gedifra Tiago (Lime with blue flecks)
Needles: Size 10.5 addi turbos
Mods: Let's not go there. A lot of them. I also added puffed cap sleeves as this was a vest in the pattern.
Recipient: Me

Close-up of the front lace
Close-up of the back lace

I plan to move my button a little higher on the neckline and I think I do need to do a crochet edging around the neck.

And this is a finished Monkey sock by Cookie A., available at www.knitty.com. The yarn is Koigu KPPM in a purple and army green colorway. Second sock is on the needles and just about done.

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