apple green and manos

Here's BSJ #3, all in apple green, hanging out with the swatch for my Manos vest. The lace is simply cell stitch from the stitch a day calendar. I've cast off stitches for the scoop neckline, but I'm not sure I like and I put it down during LOST last night.

I really wanted to do drop garter stitch (where you wrap 2-3 times on one row), but I couldn't get it to work in the swatch. Each time I did it, the rows got narrower on the left-hand side.

I had to rip it all out Wednesday night and start over. When one knits a gauge swatch, one should really measure the gauge before determining how many stitches to cast on. I took it off the needles and found I had over 50 stitches more than I needed!

manos vest

My manos I bought in January (one of only two yarn purchases in 2008) is going to become a longish vest like the one Ruth did last year. (Not the same gauge or the same stitch pattern, but the right shape.) I'm going to wind it and cast-on today. Forget that I started BSJ #3 last night (just a cast on row). Or that I've got a pullover for B that I started in March and haven't touched in weeks. Nope. I want to knit this vest now. It's going to Summer round here soon. I need a wool vest.