Samantha for Kailyn
It’s been forever since I was able to sit down and knit. School has been kicking my butt, and work hasn’t been much better. I finish up at the office, come home, and read all about Communication Theory or Language in Social Contexts and write essays that irritate me. Oh well … that’s what you get for not doing college the “normal” way and going back when you’re 27, I suppose!
But … next week is finals, and I’ve finished all of my major assignments. I have no classes this summer (hurray), so my knitting needles are getting a workout again! Cozy is still on the needles, partly because of the knitting moratorium and partly because I only get so far before I screw up a row. Ah well. Mom will get it at some point, most likely before next fall.
I am making progress on Samantha, though!
I took this with me on the cruise in April and was able to get more done. Dell picked it up, too, when she needed a break from her own project. :-) I love the faux smocking on the bodice, but let me tell you — all that stockinette stitch is just snoozey. It’s so pretty to watch the results form, though, so I don’t mind.
I’m kind of stuck on the back neck shaping, though. You keep the “shoulders” on straight needles (or one pair of circs, in my case) and put the neck stitches on a pair of circs (second pair for me). You get the stitches on the needles, then the instructions say to turn, knit even with neckline, and then there are instructions for the next row. I’m not sure what “knit even with neckline” means, or when I’m supposed to turn … hmmm. I should go check Kate’s website. It’s a great little sweater dress, though. I just have a feeling that Kailyn will be too big to wear it!
Speaking of Kate Gilbert, somewhere on this computer I think I have pictures of what happens when you felt a Clapotis, too, so I’ll have to share that.
ETA: Huh. Kate Gilbert’s website seems to be down. :(
