Well, here's the back of the Filatura Tai top. You can see by looking at it that the shaping is extremely challenging (wink, wink). Yep. Cast on 76 stitches, knit in stockinette for 10.5 inches, BO two at each side and knit until the final bind off.

I've started on the front, which is exactly the same as the back. The sleeves are even more exciting -- rectangles of stockinette. Given the general level of excitement in these pieces, I might not show too many more pictures until the thing is ready for finishing.

Definitely a good, mostly mindless knitting project that will hopefully turn into something wonderful.

I did take time out to do a little brainstorming. I had, what I hope, is a neat idea for something that could be a Knitty submission. We'll see. I need to make a little test project to see if I can do what I want to. If I can't it'll be the subject of a post... if not, who knows?

Added 22 July 2003 because I forgot to mention it last night: One more thing, before I forget... the best thing about Tai is that it is not a ribbon yarn -- it's actually one of those woven tube yarns. As such, no twisting problems at all. It's smooth and soft and even a little stretchy.