Seeing Red Again

Two projects to update today... both in red. The very hardest color to photograph. Neither project shown is a good color representation of the actual color. Both are much much more stunning in person.

First up is the stunningly beautiful, but tediously slow knitting Sailor's Ribs & Ropes:

Sailor's Ribs & Ropes Cardigan
Click to see the lovely dog hair
Wow, this is going to be wonderful when it's finished. It's slow. Very slow. I'm only getting two rows done a day (on average). 10" finished with an other 5" before I divide for the armholes. I keep telling myself that if I were knitting it in pieces, the back would almost be done by now.

The slowness doesn't bother me much on this. I know that in the end, this is going to be the classic red cardigan. It will never go out of style, and the tightness of the fabric means it should wear well. Limiting how much I work on it daily cuts back on how tedious it feels. I actually look forward to the set times I work on it.

The other red project is the yarn from the second Cassidy that just wasn't working (remember the tweed didn't work with the cables of Cassidy). However, I really wanted something similar: a hoodie for sure. With cables. So I've cast on a BPT CPH. I'm mostly following the pattern for the BPT, but I'll make some changes (like ribbing and added body length).

BPT/CPH Hybrid
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The heartier cables definitely work better, but I'm not doing the same cable as the BPT pattern (which is an eight row cable. I'm doing a 6 row). Just to show how difficult red is to photograph, here's an other view (with slightly different adjustments):

BPT/CPH Hybrid
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So the finishing trend has sort of stalled. As has the adding stash to Ravelry. Eh. I'll get back to both. Eventually. I still think I can reach my 24 finished projects this year.