Peer Pressure

Well, I succumbed to the peer pressure of swatching for the FLAK. However, as I was showing Matt the swatch and asking his preference on a couple of the cables and I explained how I changed basically all the cables, he mentioned that it was more FLAK"ish". Well, let's call it FLAKesque?

Hey, I kept one of the original cables! I changed the horseshoe to a braid (from Janet's Cables 101 Vest), I changed the wave a bit by moving the cable over a reverse st. st. background and adding a bobble. I didn't like the way my mini honeycomb was coming out, so I switched it to a basic 2/2 cable. I'm still playing a bit with the wave and bobble cable. I still have to block the swatch, but I'm pretty happy with how it's looking.

I'm planning on a cardigan and I'm using Peruvian Highland from Elann.

However, I still want to get my Spring Forward Cardigan done, but realized that I was having a mental block with it. The sleeves were too tight (and I had already pulled them back once and reknit them, so I don't really want to have to do that again). Well, let's see if they just need a little blocking, shall we? So I wet it and put it on the wooly board to see how the TLC Cotton Plus blocks (it's a 50/50 cotton acrylic blend... so I'm not over optimistic).


It's pretty much dried, but I'll let it sit today and they I can try it on later tonight.

Oh, and just to prove that I'm still working on my UFO's very diligently:


That's the second sleeve... it's getting there!!!

So today I'll work a bit more on the Cropped Cardigan Redux and play a bit more with my FLAKesque swatch.