It Was A Tough Fight, But I Won (I Think)

Frogging the cream bulky sweater I bought yesterday (the 90% wool, 10% angora one) was a little more difficult than I thought it would be. Instead of bulky yarn, it was knit from three strands of heavy worsted weight used in a unusual sequence.



There would be three rows knit with two strands, and then a row knit with a single strand. This didn't make too much difference while frogging the circular yoke as it just meant that one ball of yarn grew faster than the second ball. But when I hit the sleeves and the body sections, all of a sudden I had three balls of yarn being wound at the same time.



It got a little tangled from time to time, but I finally finished it and wound up with about 25 ounces of very soft yarn. I'm thinking that I may try dying this once I have it wound into hanks on the swift.

In other news, the second button-hole bag is complete. This one measures 20" across and 17" deep, not counting the folded bottom piece. I'll probably wait to felt it until I've knit up the six skeins of Lopi in green & purple.



I also finished the lavender shawl but decided to spare you a photo of a simple triangular shawl that looks just like the one from the May 9th post except for the color. I have another one started in a variegated yarn in green, rust, tan & dark taupe. Tonight, I'm either going to work a bit on the baby afghan which has been sadly neglected this last week, start frogging the teal sweater I bought yesterday or start another button-hole bag with the green & purple Lopi. Decisions, decisions {g}