whackadoodle coconut

this coming month, my gal pal and I are doing a photo a day.  there were only two rules. you had to take a photo everyday and it had to be something from you life, anything you want. updated to include day one photo of onions. some of my upcoming choices aren't that great, but that's alright so basically, I've been photographing my knitting since that's really what I do everyday.  and no one wants to see my laundry or dishes. so what's new in knitting for me?  well I've been working on Kate Davies Owls pattern and it's been a little bit of a challenge.  since I bought the yarn at the beginning of the year, I've had a real pickle trying to get gauge.  I put it down and tried again a little over a week ago and finally got gauge.  I might have been trying too hard. So I actually finished the sweater yesterday, but when I tried it on, it fit perfectly, except for the back waist shaping made the top part a little pouffy.  So, I anguished a ...

This past weekend, I noticed a dropped stitch on my girl not grey sweater.  I had to rip it back to re-knit.  I ended up ripping the whole thing back and re-knitting.  Good thing it only took a week to knit and I'm almost done with it.  Finish the ribbing along the bottom, sleeves (the initial problem) and then the edging/button bands.  I'm actually glad I am taking a second stab at it, since I wasn't really happy with the neckline and it was getting too big.  Also, as a look back, the strips were uber noticeable, and I didn't really like that.  But, over all I did love the sweater, the grey, the fit, the crop and most importantly, because I knit it and I didn't really follow the pattern.