tickland

tickland
Originally uploaded by vildishknits

This thing is growing! I keep waiting to hit the spot in the sweater where it seems like all progress stops, but I'm not there yet. I'm halfway through the tickstitch portion of the body. The last time I knit a norwegian sweater the tick section seemed to take a lifetime! Not sure what all is different this time (other than about 5 more years of knitting experience under my belt) but this has really been a more pleasurable experience overall.

I'm waiting for the braiding to arrive by mail so I can double check to colors and be sure I want to use it. Until then, I'm holding off on starting the sleeves since if I'm using the braids I'll use some at the cuffs. This has nothing to do with my generalized avoidance of sleeve knitting. Nothing!

I've made some more alterations to the chart for the upper body and will probably keep altering it until I'm actually knitting the stitches. That's all part of the fun!