I have been pretty busy since last week – my mum’s birthday party was great! But no, I didn’t get Alouette finished on time. I started on the neck when I was coming back to Dublin on the train on Monday, but I think I’m really making a hames of it.
I’ve gotten some extra work this week accompanying exams and examining so unfortunately there isn’t much time for knitting. That doesn’t stop me though! I am finally on the foot portion of my first Jaywalker. Last night, too, I swatched for Salina, which is another jumper out of the Rowan Vintage Knitting book. It was seeing this on other peoples’ blogs that convinced me to knit this: it is a really nice fitted jumper, so I hope it turns out ok. At the moment, I’m not quite getting gauge. I hadn’t expected the felted tweed I got to be so … skinny … the fabric is quite light and drapey. I’m afraid that if I go up to 4mm needles it will get a little holey.
In other news, my wool still hasn’t been shipped from Phildar. And – random tidbit – I think I have finally figured out how to sew on the neckband for Lucky. It came to me when I was setting the sleeves for Alouette: it needs to be like a set in sleeve. This is a problem because I don’t have a mannequin to put it on and pin out properly. What I might do is put it on myself, pin on the neck band around it as best I can, and then tack it. Then I can see if it’s lying properly before I sew it up completely. Man, it sounds like a lot of work just for a stupid band that I probably should have crocheted on in the first place.