I finished the body, and joined the sleeves, preparing to work the raglan yoke in the round. I wanted to have P2 at each join, so instead of removing 10 stitches total at each underarm, I removed 12. I decided to go ahead and Kitchener the stitches, just to get it out of the way. Kitchener is tricky in 2x2 rib, and it doesn't look exactly perfect, but it is good enough. All of the sleeve and body stitches fit surprisingly well on my 24" circular needle. I was a little worried about it, but the ribbing sucked up, and it was no problem. I worked out another chart to keep track of my rounds, and made notes when to decrease on the body, and the sleeves, and I am currently on round 12. It is looking good so far! I am looking ahead to the lace edging, and, in the interest of having a completely seam-free Audrey, am planning to knit the edging onto the live stitches. I have done this before with button bands and shawl edgings. When I get the exact math done on the ratio of rows to stitches required, I will share it. I changed my mind about how to best join new balls of yarn, and am weaving them in later now, instead of splicing. I just didn't like the way the cotton spliced. I also want to warn folks thinking about doing Audrey in the round that at the current state of knitting, it is big and fairly heavy to work with. It looks great, though, and you can see the shaping and elegance of the sweater. I have been knitting in public a lot, and have been getting lots of admiring comments.
Posted by AnneL at September 12, 2004 02:31 PM