Returning to Montague
The sweater that is… I only wish that I could sit on the beach, especially in the gorgeous Fall weather that we have been having.
This is a slow progressing sweater, but I knew that about Hanne Falkenberg patterns when I started. The instructions for the front neck were a bit confusing, so I put it away for a few days (after trying and ripping out twice), and I realized that she was asking for CO 3 sts once, CO 2 sts 3x, then CO 1 stitch (all every other row at the neck edge) until you reach the desired number. Her instructions were: Cast off at neck edge on alternate row, first 3,2,2,2 sts and then 1 st until 38 sts remain. I kept thinking that it was size related, and it is not. I guess I was in a bit of a brain fog. That fog continued to the sleeves where I did not understand that after 2 garter st rows with the picked up sts next to the saddle shoulder, and knit several rows in garter until the decreases didn’t make sense. Then I went and found the card with the photograph on it. The sleeves are all in the Shaker rib after the first 2 rows, and attached to the front and back. Makes for a bit of a bulky knit to carry around, but a lot less sewing up at the end. Anyways, here is my progress:
Knitting before Knitting was Cool 
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