[Knitting] J's Spiral Vest: More Progress!

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Well, not terribly much progress I'm afraid. Despite the fact that last week was half-term for some people, I had to work a 60-hour week and prepare for four hours' worth of teaching on Saturday. There wasn't much time to work on this project, but what time I spent (a wee bit on Wednesday night at I Knit London and a couple of hours Sunday night at home) got me firmly into the second iteration of the spiral pattern. The Kauni colour change occurred so subtly that I didn't even notice it until I held the knitting up and saw that hey, it did change colour round about there! I am about six rounds into the 28-round offset, so you can just see the edges of the new spirals peeking through above the completed spiral (which looks fabulous, if I do say so myself!) This is a really exciting project, and I wish I had more time to work on it. Maybe this week.

First Offset Peeking Through! I'd hoped to get more done on this last night, as it was the only chance I had to do my own knitting all week, but alas, I was too tired to think. However, you can see the whole first iteration of the pattern here, and if you look carefully toward the top, there's the bottom of the second one, the offset one, just peeking through! I'm finding the pattern pretty easy to follow; my only worry is that I'm going to end up with two identical colours in a few rounds. When that happens, I'll have to pull the identical colour from one skein and go to the next colour, after which the offset will be firmly in place (I hope!) I did read notes on Ravelry from someone who'd done the rainbow cardigan and found that she had to rewind the wool from time to time, so I understand this is just part of the process. The only thing I'm concerned about is that since the colour shifts are so subtle, the effect of the new colour working its way in might be a little jarring. I'll try to eyeball this, but the proof will be in the knitting! ;-)

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