Making Raspberry Progress

Citron-In-Progress

Oh, the joys of ruching! I hadn’t read through the pattern beforehand so I had no idea that the ruching in Citron was all that easy.  But so it is. The only item of note: do not use kfb (knit front and back) as your M1. Instead, use the pick-up between stitches method. It’ll save counting errors later on.

I started the shawlette this weekend and am making surprising progress as I am already in section 3 of 5.  I say surprising because, for the past 2-3 years, using my hands in any consistent, repeated way has been troublesome at best.  Lately though, my renewed knitting desire must be making up for any physical pain.  In fact, I’m searching for my next project.  I know I should pick up the hibernating baby dress started way back in November and at least try to finish it before the child grows out of the  1 year old size.  Naturally, “should” is not the same as “want to”.  If you have other ideas about something fun for Spring, give me a shout out in the comments.

Today’s last little nugget?  I’ve made the pattern available for Lu’s Fingerless Mitts (PDF).   It’s also there for the queueing in Ravelry.  A friendly warning: it has not been test knit except by me.  As per usual, if you find an “oops,” let me know so I can fix it.