Audrey Challenge

The Audrey sweater is turning out to be a challenge for me. I love the yarn and how it feels. I am enjoying working with the thicker yarn more than I expected to like it.

The pattern still charms me, but we have had our moments. Before I started knitting it I did some web research to see what other blogs had to say about it. From this I learned there was an error in the pattern for the front panel. But errata were nowhere to be found. It was encouraging to read that other knitters found the error easy to correct. But when I got to that point, like a dufas, I completely forgot about writing down the corrections so I could post them for future Audrey knitters everywhere. That is an opportunity missed and gone. After re-working the top eight inches of each panel twice I'm not about to rip and re-knit again without dire need.

I have knit all the pieces and attached and shoulders. The next step in the pattern is to pick up stitches for the button and collar band. But I don't like the way the piece is so floppy right now and I don't want to stress the shoulder seams, so I attached the sleeves instead. Next I'll sew up the side and sleeve seams. That will leave the button and collar band for last. It should also give me some time to go haunt some stores in search of the right buttons for this project.

Audrey doesn't look like much yet. The lifelines are still in place from where I had to re-knit, the cast on tails for seaming are still dangling where seams will be sewn and the shape is largely absent because the seams are not together. Balls of yarn are still attached just in case...And there is the lingering fear that this sweater will need to begin again at square one. I'm hoping this is because I have not made a fitted garment like this before and because the button and collar band are not created yet. But I'm beginning to fear it will be a little too small. But I'm still hoping it will not. I did follow the measurements before I began (repeat to self ad infinitum).

Much smaller on the challenge scale, I made bread yesterday for breakfast this morning. And Look what I found in the refrigerator: The most slender column remaining from a stick of butter. It might melt into a half teaspoon of butter. I cannot spread it thin enough to cover half a slice of bread. I suspect the same person who habitually leaves one or two sheets on the toilet paper roll to avoid having to change the roll.