Christmas knitting progress

Much knitting progress during the long holiday weekend. I finished the bias corset. It turned out very well. I was happy with my decision to lengthen the body by about 3/4". Also VERY happy about my decision to knit the yarn over increases "invisibly" -- that is, I knit them twisted so as to have only minuscule lace holes. The bias corset would have had a very strong peekaboo factor if I had left the yarn overs super lacey. The one do-over that I had was the I-cord bind-off. When I followed the directions exactly, the neckline had a strong bowl-like quality, which actually made it look very much like a whalebone corset. However, I wanted a closer fit, so I redid the binding with the tiniest needles. That fixed the bowl problem but admittedly there are still some bulgeys along the neckline. but c'est la vie. Looks great.



This weekend I also made some striped baby booties to keep in the stock. I had given away the last of my baby things and have been very bad about gifting baby stuff because I just did not have anything on hand (and didn't feel compelled to make anything). Although I do not find this pattern particularly jazzy, the fuzzy alpaca yarn makes it look pretty nice. I have more of the alpaca yarn in stash, so I may make more pairs of booties. I also for the life of me did not understand that these booties had cuffs, so I have made a cuffless version (though they can be folded over for cuffs if desired).


I am going to go on a "yarn diet" and avoid purchasing yarn until I burn through some of my project yarn stash. That means knitting the Kilronan pullover, Arisaig wrap cardi, and Starburst sweater. But having said that, I recently acquired a hank of Fleece Artist sock yarn. I saw these nice armwarmers and was inspired to make my own. I get really cold working at the computer, and my elbows get sad. So I thought these would be very good for making my arms happy. The best part was the lady at the store used the swift and ball winder to make a center-pull skein for me. That made it much more fun than if I tried to do it myself with only my knees or a chair back to assist me. Sock yarn has an awful lot of yardage.