Friday

This is Michaela's Sweater knit of Caron Simply Soft. I think it's cute (the buttons are tiny flip flops) but if I do it again I will drop down a needle size. I got gauge, but it feels "flimsy" to me.

The Halloween vest will probably go to Alex for next year, after I enter it in the fair. The needles (Addi turbo) are driving me nuts, every time I use Addis' I hate them, so slick, I just wrestle the stitches and when doing color work like this that's double hard! Gonna go online and search for clover or crystal palace in size 3 24" to save my sanity.

BTW there is an error in the Knitpicks pattern...they say ribbing color is white, orange, yellow, but that's wrong..it's white yellow orange. There is no photo of the Halloween vest in the booklet, but is one on the website...I got the ribbing done, started on the chart and thought this is weird looking....started looking for the photo and yep...eratta...I wrote to them, but no response. Also can't tell from chart which is "green" and which is "grass" so I arbitrarily decided that since there were three bands of greeny I'd do the bottom and top in the lighter color (grass) and the middle in the darker (green). I think I'm going to have TONS of yarn left...especially the "green" as there's only 2 rows of it. Might have to do the crayon vest next. I'd make socks but this is not superwash and hubby (aka the obsessive laundry fairy ) would dryer them for sure! and my American girl doll would have felted Halloween socks! I could put big photo's up over the washer with a large stop sign..stop..do not wash or dry this item! ha! He does laundry, I'm not complaining, no... not complaining at all.

The steeking is different that I've ever done, so I'll be pulling my hair out for that I'm sure...Hope no erratta's there! I'm a long way from that point, not nearly at 8 inches yet, time to fret still.