A Bluestocking Knits

Still catching up —

This is Sarah Castor’s Honeycomb slipover from the Spring 2008 Knitty — why it has taken me this long to a) finish it, and b) blog about it, I do not know, for it is in fact a very nice pattern, and it turned out well.  I finished it some time in May, I think — I remember wearing it to choir practice, surprised and pleased that the weather was still cool enough at the time to wear it.  I am embarrassed to admit that I don’t know any more how many skeins of the Silky Wool I used, nor what size I worked — I have four ball bands in the bag with the leftover wool, but I’m sure it was more than four, certainly five, but possibly six, as I worked it about 3 inches longer than specified, as I don’t like slipovers quite this short.

As I’ve said before, I debated with myself for quite some time after working the ribbing — I hate to say a year, but it may well have been — about the honeycomb stitch, which I did not much care for, but eventually thought “for heaven’s sake, just do it” and plowed on ahead.

And I couldn’t stick fussing with a cable needle for one stitch at a time, nor bring myself to cable without it altogether — in my defense, the wool is rather fine, and did not seem to lend itself well to this method — so I used the twists instead.  Much easier.

For C2B, do a right twist (RT): K2tog but do not remove sts from needle, K first st again and slip both sts off needle together. 

For C2F, do a left twist (LT): K second st tbl but do not remove it from needle, K first st and slip both sts off needle together.

Other than that, it’s a good pattern — it all went together very easily, has a nice fitted shape, flattering (flattering is good!), and matched nicely with the recommended yarn.

The Silky Wool is very nice, lovely to work with, a pleasant hand, and the color is just perfect.

So — yes, a very nice knit.  Got a number of compliments on it the very first time I wore it, too!