I finally quit fooling around and cast on for real with the Paradiso last night. 157 stitches and I got it right the first time!! Heheh…
Off and runn…er…knitting
The front and back will both be done in the modified razor shell pattern. The yoke and sleeves may or may not be straight stockinette - I haven’t decided yet. It may also depend on how much yarn I have left at that point.
I’ve been knitting backwards instead of purling in the ordinary way and I’m finding it a lot easier and faster than regular purling. Part of the reason is that the knitting backwards gives me a better grip on the yarn and needles which is important in this case because the yarn is cotton and the needles are metal (my only size 8 circular with the necessary length).
Cotton + Metal needle = Slick
But it also just goes faster. It’s a nice feeling, zooming through those wrong side stitches :)
I’m calling this the Mourning Dove Tee because of the colors of the Paradiso. And towards that end, I grabbed this cotton - Classic Elite Spotlight - as an accent color. Mourning doves have a dusty turquoise ring around their eyes. This yarn is pretty close to that color and ties up the dove idea nicely, I think, though I’m not exactly sure how I’m going to use it just yet :)
Mourning dove colors
We’re off up to Maine today so I gotta dash for the shower. See you tomorrow!
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Have a great trip! And .... gee no surprise to me it is right the first time….look how much you swatched!!!!! Hee… :)
I love the sound of mourning doves - sort of wistful and sad. Nothing sad about that yarn, though :-)
Lovely modified razor shell pattern in that yarn. It’s going to be a sweater with sleeves, ooh, I really look forward to following your design. It’s going to be so pretty.
Lisa - Your faith is touching but completely unfounded :) On any given day I can’t count my fingers and come up with the same total twice!
Kathy - I love their sound too and I usually have one or two right outside my kitchen window - plenty of observational opportunity too!
Erin - The piece is really process driven, but I will keep careful notes and make up a pattern of sorts when I’m done :)
Pretty colors! THANKS for the fan info - will definitely pick one up. (Got any recmomendations for a digital camera? Our second new one has a burned-out pixel like the first!)
Stasia - Well, my camera is an ancient (as digital things go) Kodak and I really wouldn’t know what to recommend. I know very little about the newer, nicer, megapixel cameras except that they are newer and…er…nicer :)
I love the pattern you have come up with. The yarn is very interesting with its thick and thin texture. Hope you had a great time in Maine. I have a feeling you may have went by “The Nubble”. Am I right? 
Hmmmm….pretty!
That’s all. :::Grin::::
Maureen - No, we’ll save that for when the area is less…um…busy :) We’ll definitely get up there though - I have to keep; adding to my photo collection of Nubble Light in all seasons and at all times of the day :)
Bron - Minimalist :) 
