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Wednesday, June 25, 2003
SummerThere's nothing like 90+ degree weather and humidity to make me want to knit with wool... all I have to say is thank goodness for A/C!!! Otherwise, Dalmore would be on a short break until... october? november? Instead, thanks to the miracle of chilled air, I'm almost to the armhole steeks:
Last night I went through the remainder of the pattern trying to get the various decreases in the right places. It's a little complicated because my dad is quite a bit taller than whomever Dalmore was designed for, so I'm having to add in a pattern repeat before the armhole steeks, and half a pattern repeat before the v-neck steek... but that makes it complicated when the instructions say something like "on the round 12 of the 9th pattern repeat from the beginning" when I've added pattern repeats... I think I've gotten it figured out, but needless to say, I'll have my schematic (with dad's measurements) and my tape measure handy before I start any steeking/shaping. It makes it slightly more complicated to measure too because the vest tends to bunch up quite a bit coming off of the needles... down towards the bottom, I can just smooth it to the right width, but by the needles, it takes a good stretch. Eventually, of course, the needles will be gone, and a good blocking will get it the right shape... More proof that Cricket has an extremely tough life... 
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