Knit Diary

I never meant to turn into a Once-A-Week-Blogger...hmmm.

I cast on for a new summer sweater: Rambling Rose from Rowan 39.

Here's sleeve #1 completed. I usually like to begin with the sleeves when I knit sweaters. Sometimes I use my sleeves as the gauge swatch.

I used a tubular cast on for the sleeve, which I've never tried before. Here's sleeve #2. The picture's kind of blurry, but you can see the neat rounded edging. Hmmm...why does my ribbing never look that good? Usually on wool items, it kind of works itself out, but all the flaws are showing up on this cotton ribbing. Maybe I can steam it into submission.

The internet is a truly amazing place: I found the how-to's of tubular cast on at Amelia Raitte's blog. Just Google it and it will come.