Line by line

I'm inching along on my Classic Lines Cardigan, and I'm amazed to see how much progress I've made just by knitting in meetings at work and the occasional car trip. (Alice has discovered that her hands can GRAB things, so anything in my hands or on my person at home is not safe!)

On the right is how the cardigan looked a couple weeks ago, as modeled by my new dress dummy. (I think she needs a name! Any suggestions?) I just measured, and I am now only an inch away from the armpits. I guess that means I need to knit the other sleeve. I knit one sleeve already, but for some reason cast on the body next (even though it's just more of the same in wider format).

If you haven't been following along through the Classic Lines Cardigan knitalong, the pattern is free (available here), and the yarn I'm using is Shadow Cattail with Shimmer Eucalyptus accents. I can't wait to finish this baby and wear it in our chilly air conditioned office this summer!

Tags: cardigan, shadow, shimmer

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Comment by Flower on June 29, 2009 at 4:31pm: My daughters mother-in-law is French and her name is Martine (Mar-teen.) She has a sister Odile (Oh-deel) and both live in a little village outside of Paris. They're no dummies but I love the idea of a french named dress makers dummy.

Comment by Marta on June 26, 2009 at 6:44pm: Your dress dummy is so elegant! Why not a great French name like 'Fifi' or 'Colette'? Va Va Voom! And your cardigan is gorgeous. I'm practically still at square one. I went ahead and then ended up going backward in a hurry. Sometimes finishing some other things first gives me the space I need to go back and start again. I love my cardigan and during my classes at Knitters Connection I had a tutorial on knitted in hems and perfect neck lines! I will be using all that on my cardigan when I restart. I also had a great class on stripes and was pleased that the work I did on the Montavilla tote made me first rate in terms of 'carrying' yarn vertically! Thanks everyone!!!

Comment by Sidneysmom on June 24, 2009 at 10:54am: I think Clara would be a good name for your dress dummy. She looks like a Clara.

Comment by Knit4Many on June 23, 2009 at 9:02pm: That is coming along so nicely. I so get the little hand grabbing. I had to give up wearing earrings for long periods of time when the kids were little. Now I don't hardly wear them from habit. I really like color combo.

Comment by Alison on June 23, 2009 at 1:31pm: I love the colors you chose - the Eucalyptus Shimmer is so gentle with the Cattail Shadow. Beautiful.