Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

This is my latest circular yoke. What you can’t see if that I ripped back a couple inches, knit it again, ripped it back, and knit it once more. It’s been that kind of week.

I was trying, for a couple of days, to figure out how to get a bit more width on the Front of my circular yoke (for two obvious reasons) and still arrive at the needed number of stitches at the bottom of the yoke. If you also need this, good news, I was successful in the end. I figured out how to work 12 more stitches across the Front, above the bust and the divide, with 12 fewer stitches across the Back. This suits me and maybe it suits you too.

I’m hoping to post the pattern next week, all things going better than they did this week!

I now have 3 projects working the helical method. I thought I would just show you how the yarn you use affects how it looks.

This is the 3 colours, one-round stripes, in 3 solid colours.

Again, 3 colours, 2 solids and one variegated with a long colour change (cinnamon to light blue).

This is my stash bust of 2 variegated and one solid (brown).

All three using the same technique with very different results. Is this amazing or what?!

To continue my forward/back week, I started the Lunenburg circular yoke. It’s way more complex than mine. It is a Bohus style colour yoke with purl stitches which are part of this style. I am, at the moment, curious about all things circular.

I find picking colours really difficult so choosing 4 contrast colours against the main colour, grey, was not smooth sailing. I started with this.

I decided that I wasn’t feeling the pinkness. Ripped this back too.

Also, this pattern has lots of colours you use for only one round which means lots and lots of ends. So I decided I could take it down to 3 colours and the main colour. One of my colours goes from light grey to yellow (unfortunately you can’t see that in the photo) so I’m substituting it for the two light colours in the chart. Fewer ends, hoorah. I’m really happy with my decision.

I’m using Briggs and Little Sport in medium grey, teal blue, grey heather and Softspun Lite ‘n Fancy in the grey/yellow (the colour I’m using as both the 2 light colours in the pattern). After several inches of knitting the yoke, I finally feel like I am relaxing into the colour knitting. It’s been a while since I did any.

We are in the middle of the southern ontario snow dump. I live in a basement apartment and my view is filling up with the white stuff.

I’m burrowed in knitting. How about you?

Deb

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