Dainty Bess. How pretty and simple you were in the beginning, and how frustrating you got to be in the end. Not because the pattern got difficult, but because that ball of SeaSilk WOULD NOT END. I was determined to use as much of it as possible, so I just kept on, and on, and ON, until I realized that I better knit that edge strip and bind off or I'd be ripping back. I think I had an entire yard of yarn left, but I'm okay with that.
I love the way this turned out. I didn't give it an extensive blocking; I just steamed it open with my iron, and I think that's good enough. If I get motivated, I might pull out the ol' blocking wires and give it a proper blocking, but it looks damn good (if I may say so) just the way it is. And so, because I was done with that project, it just makes sense that I'd cast on for something else instead of finishing something I've already started!
Hence:
This is Twist, by Chic Knits, in Paton's Merino Wool that I bought on uber sale at Michael's. I mean, come ON. 2 skeins for $7? That's almost 500 yards of yarn for the same price as a single skein of Cascade 220! It was begging for me to bring it home and to be cast on. Who am I to deny the deep need of a cheap (yet 100% wool) yarn? Hence, the start of a sweater. Which is really funny considering that I live in Texas and we don't really wear sweaters all that often.
I know. I make no sense.
