Sunday, January 13, 2008

Central Park Hoodie


This is a swatch. People who know me, know that I am not the most patient of people, so swatching is not something I regularly do. I know that it is a GOOD thing to do, but I always want to jump right into the project. But I have been listen to a bunch of podcasts that all recommend swatching (as if the Bold recommendation in patterns is not enough) and while I was in the Dominican Republic I finally felt like I had the time to do this. As you can tell, I feel very pleased with myself. Swatches take time. This one is 30 stitches by 30 rows, and took me about 2 hours to do. I am glad that I did that though.
The yarn is Cascade's Quatro - which I am totally loving. But I get 5 stitches to the inch, and the CPH has a gauge of 17 sts for 4 inches. Luckily the pattern is written for the amount of sts that I need to get my size.
I'm loving the pattern, and the yarn. The yardage (220 yds) is amazing. I am almost done with my first skein, and there is 4 inches of ribbing on this thing.
We're bracing ourselves for a snow storm around these parts - can I just say, the grocery store was CRAZY today.

Stay warm.
P2K

2 comments:

J7 said...

amazing! i use to knit when i was younger with my family, but i've lost the talent...my friend Jenn would be green with envy with your tallent.

stay warm!

-Jake

Unknown said...

so where's my scarf and mittens? huh? its snowing right now here in chi-town and the windy city is demonstrating its name out loud! love you, the knitting looks great and loved the pics of the kids. see me and my tribe at "myspace.com/landcat".
paul here in chicago!