My Knit Nite buddy, Tena is busy working on her second Gramps sweater. And she has really selected some beautiful colours for both sweaters. When they're done, Tena's agreed to let me photograph them. Trust me it will be well worth the wait. I mentioned before but it worth reiterating, Tena's knitting is very precise. It is just beautiful work to behold; her tension is perfect and standards are high. Additionally, Tena takes stitch counts deadly seriously whereas I see them as guidelines or signposts not absolutes. So a week or so ago when Tena came to a point in the sweater where she should have 173 stitches and had only 141 she was understandably concerned. (Even I would find a shortfall of over 30 stitches a problem.) She spent considerable time recounting to determine if the mistake had to do with counting (it did not), she reviewed the instructions to make sure she was actually at the point she should be (sh...
Getting it together one stitch at a time.