Nicole’s Carabe is one step closer to being finished – this is the same picture I posted last night so nothing has changed. I wanted to send it to Nicole but our microcell wasn’t working so I couldn’t send it with the cell phone so I just posted it on the blog last night, even though I knew I would be posting it again today. Only the sleeves are left to be knitted. This is a great pattern! The yarn is Mrs. Crosby’s Steamer Trunk and I LOVE this yarn! It’s very tightly twisted and I’ll be surprised if it pills but I’m holding out to see til after it’s been worn a bit.
Nicole’s Carabe
You might notice from the picture that I’ll probably be canning tomatoes at some point today . . when I’d rather be knitting!
Diana in RR,TX says
If I was a little closer I could come help you can the tomatoes! Then you would have more time to knit!
swooze says
does blocking smooth out the edges of the stripes? I have never knit or crocheted a garment with stripes before.
JudyL says
No, these stripes are not meant to be smooth. There’s a K1/Sl1 when changing colors to give an almost zig zag look.
Bev Gunn says
Sweater is beautiful! And, yep, looks like some tomatoes are in need of processing so they don’t rot! I am doing jellies and jams this year….you got my canning mojo activated and I am having a ball doing jellies. Don’t have a pressure canner, so have to stick to things that can be water bathed-think I will buy some tomatoes to also can up for soups next winter as I do make a lot of soup in the winter and always have to buy tomatoes then. Enjoy!
Joyce says
I wish I had enough tomatoes to can more than one quart at a time. The prep may be shorter, but the rest takes just as long…
JudyL says
Yep, I try to never run the canner unless it’s full or almost full. It’s a waste of propane to can 1 or 2 quarts but it’s a waste of tomatoes not to do it. If I have fewer than half a canner’s worth, I’ll just wash the tomatoes and freeze them til I get more.