Well, I’m quite pleased that I managed to finish that second sleeve this week. (The little green marker indicates where I was last week.) I joined the sleeves to the body and decided the body wasn’t long enough, so I’ve also added a wee bit over 2” (5cm) to the body (the white marker indicates where the body used to end). I’ve just added the sleeves back on and knit a couple of rounds at this point.
Of course, this is the most annoying part of the project. Not only do I have all those stitches with another dozen or so rows until I start the colourwork, but the project is now too unwieldy to take on the bus and it is nearly impossible to take an interesting photo at this stage. Life is tough sometimes.
For those of you playing along at home, this is the Létt-lopapeysa með stuttum munsturbekk og hettu (Ravelry link) which is an Iceland colourworked yoke pattern that is available for free, but only in Icelandic. I’m finding being able to read a different scandinavian language very helpful in this endeavour.
My hope is that I’ll be into the colourwork portion by next week, if for no other reason than for the sake of a more interesting photograph. It is supposed to be fairly wet in Denmark over the next week which means I’m less likely to be out in the garden which means more knitting time.