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I finished the last 2 rows of clue 2 last night, just in time for clue 3. I’m amazed at my progress.

Clue 1 cast on Friday night, and finished Saturday night.

Clue 2 started Sunday morning, and nearly finished Sunday night. I had to eventually put it down to go to bed, even though my brain kept thinking “one more row.”

I have never made such progress on lace before. I think its the combination of not knowing what it will look like with the fact that each week has a deadline, and not a lot of knitting for each week (100 rows for clue 1, 50 rows for clue 2).

I started the Wheat Ear Cable Yoke Pullover and knit it almost exclusively. I was a little bored with the stockinette tube that needed to be knitted until the fun cabled yoke would be reached. The yoke, while really interesting to knit and pretty to look at took way longer than I would have liked. I spent a few days doing nothing but knitting in my spare time to finish. The end result was a really nicely fitting boatneck, with a bit of curling at the bottom ribbing. So naturally I blocked it to fix the curling. The end result was a giant mess. All the stitches had stretched out and dried that way. the 41″ top before blocking was now about 48″ and a good 8″ longer than before. The preblocked top came just over the waistband of jeans, and now covers my butt. Seriously. I was only able to fix one of the problems. I soaked the top again in water and didn’t lay it flat to dry, but left it scrunched up, and when it dried the stitches were no longer stretched out, albeit a bit wrinkly.

So the end result, I’m not exactly happy, but no longer angry. It can be worn, as long as I tuck the neckline into my bra, otherwise it falls right off my shoulders. Next time I use silk I’ll swatch more than a 4 x 4 square to see how much it grows. Or maybe avoid the words “silk” and “closeout”.

Pattern: Wheat Ear Cable Yoke Pullover from Interweave knits summer 07
Yarn: 6 balls, and about 10 grams of a 7th of Bergere du Nord Belle
Started: May 15th
Finished: June 26th
Modifications: I knit short sleeves by starting at the cabling section, and also I knit the whole thing in the round.