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Poetry comes along

We had 4 inches of snow overnight last night, so instead of working today I concentrated on finishing up the body of my Poetry in Stitches sweater. This photo conceals a multitude of puckers.

The shoulders aren't bound off together yet because I need to machine stitch the steeks first.

This pattern has the most interesting shoulder finishing I've ever done. This is a closeup of the top of the front at one shoulder.

To produce this shoulder effect, one knits 4 rows of stockinette, and on row 2 (a purl row) one uses a size 7 needle, returning to the size 4 needle on row 3. Row 5 is a standard picot row K2tog YO across. Rows 6 and 7 are more stockinette. Then, for row 8, you run a size 1 needle carefully into all the top loops of that slightly baggy row done on the size 7 needle, and purl one stitch from each needle together to pop up the spiky picot edge. Then, you graft or bind off that shoulder to the back which is plain.

I can't wait to see what this looks like when bound off and worn. I am afraid I will feel like a triceratops.

I just couldn't face starting a sleeve tonight so I worked a little on my Legends of the Shetland Seas which is moving faster as I know the pattern better. I hope to have the center panel done in the near future.

Posted by Prudence at December 5, 2003 06:34 PM