Apricot Jacket - She's Cooking

Since I last posted, I've been knitting steadily on the Apricot Jacket, and have successfully passed the tricky errors in the pattern. Thanks to all before me who commented on these errors - and saved me alot of anguish. I wanted to show you my progress on the back. I had to do alot of re-calculating once I reached the bind off for the armholes. You see, I had to enlarge the pattern and I was also using a different gauge - the Calmer gauge of 5 stitches and 8 rows to the inch. So far, all appears in sync and the decreasing for the armholes looks good.



A little tip to help eliminate the typical "ladder-like" stair-stepping that you will get when you bind off in successive rows: To get a smooth curve at an armhole or at a collarline, slip the first stitch instead of knitting it, and then proceed with the bind-off.


Take a look at the curve - pretty darn smooth.


Anyway, I have about 5 more inches to go on the back. I plan on making this a Calmer weekend now that I've got the calculations done.

Tomorrow is the big L.A. City Rivalry Game and we all know who is going to win: That's Right!!!!!!

UCLA!!! rah, rah rah, cis-boom-bah!!!

If you haven't guessed, I'm a UCLA grad as is the rest of the family. Around here, USC stands for University of Spoiled Children or University of Second Choice - you pick.

So I will be glued to the tv along with my DH. Hope I can knit without any glitches - it's bound to be an exciting game.

Will post progress on the completed back later.