Northeasterly reflections

Now that we are halfway through South (the 3rd cardinal direction) I thought I'd circle back and review PS North and PS East.

North:
Color: Green
Material: Stones/Gems/Rocks
Season: Winter
Element: Earth

1. Marn's Guac, 2. Inga, 3. Shetland Triangle, 4. Inga, 5. Shetland Triangle, 6. Marn's Guac, 7. Shetland Triangle, 8. Marn's Guac, 9. Sounds of Spring Yoga Swap

East:
Color: Yellow
Material: Wood
Season: Spring
Element: Air

1. Lightside Cowl, 2. skulls2, 3. Darcy, 4. Darcy, 5. Sounds of Spring Yoga Swap, 6. sundary_aran, 7. stonemarkers2, 8. Lightside Cowl, 9. Darcy

Cold blooded

Mustardy Darcy

Well here is what I think I did.

The Pattern: Mrs. Darcy by Mary Weaver
The Yarn: Knit Picks City Tweed Heavy Worsted in Lemon Curd

just a little over 4 skeins
Needle size: 9

Started: 6/13
Finished: 6/21

Body: I hate hate HATE seaming. So I decided to knit the front panels and the back panels together. I cast on 138 sts, placing markers after the first 35 sts and before the last 35 sts. Then worked as one piece until I got to the armholes.

Armholes: On the RS row knit across until you get to the last four sts before the first marker. BO 8 sts. Continue knitting until you get to the last 4 sts before the marker BO 8 sts. Now the two front panels and the back panel are separated. Using 3 separate balls of yarn continue to knit the 3 pieces at the same time like you would when knitting socks two at a time.

Shoulders: Leaving the 3 garter trim stitches on each side live, I used a kitchener stitch to join the front panels to the back panels at the shoulder.

Neck: I wanted the garter trim to continue around the neck. So starting with the 3 garter trim stitch on the left panel, I continued the garter trim while joining it to the neck using a saddle stitch.
On WS: K2, k2tog (last stich of the garter with one stitch from the back panel).
On RS: slip one st from the back panel onto the left needle wyib. K2tog, k2
continue until all of the back panel sts are used.
Then using a kitchener stitch connect with the right panel garter detail.

The buttons I got are from M&J Trimmings in midtown. They have a large selection of all sorts of beads, ribbons, lace, buttons, etc. I choose blonde unfinished wooden buttons. Oh and I made 5 button holes instead of 3. For spacing I separated each by three garter ridges.

Lightside Cowl

The Pattern: Darkside Cowl by Sarah Fama 
The Yarn: Sundara Aran Silky Merino in Tulip about 2/3 of a skein
Needle size: 7

Started: 6/13
Finished: 6/28

I've been wanting to work with the yarn for quite some time. Luckily in a recent swap I received a skein of this. The yarn is very soft and silky. I'd love to make a sweater out of it, but at $32/skein it is a bit spendy for a larger project. The color is beautiful, pink over a pale yellow.

Since I only had one skein I needed a small project. This cowl was perfect, the pattern even recommended using this yarn. The pattern is very simple. A repeat of the same stitches that gets bumped one stitch over every two rows.

The pattern is reversible too. So I'll never have to worry that my cowl is inside out.

I also finished a larger project recently and have been meaning to post details. But I've lost the paper that I wrote all my revisions on. I'm planning on going over the sweater with a fine tooth comb so I can remember what I did. I'll post the details later next week.

Until then have a great 4th of July!