Hello friends, Kat’s post today reminds me that it’s been a while since I reported on my knitting project. The three color vest is at the stage where the body has been finished and the shoulder seams are sewn. I’m very disappointed to report that the darn thing is unacceptably short!
The shoulders fit, the armholes are generous and the width is ample. The vest bottom edge reaches me about my mid rib-line. And due to its construction, I am having trouble figuring out how it can be lengthened without creating a Frankenstein.
With this knit now in time-out, I was approached by a friend last Saturday about teaching her to knit. We had discussed this several months ago, but she wasn’t quite ready. Now she is fired up about making a Melt the Ice hat. (Must have been at the No Kings rally.) So I agreed to help her. I already had purchased the pattern a few months ago in a gesture of support for Minneapolis fiber friends.
Thinking that it would help her to see a finished hat, I cast it on Sunday.
Wanting to get started right away, I just grabbed a skein that was in my stash – not red, but a very pretty and soft wool and silk blend in a slow change color gradation. When my grand daughter saw this, she immediately wanted a hat AND a scarf in these colors. It’s good that I have a recipient for the sample.
On to reading: This week I finished A World Appears – A Journey into Consciousness, by Michael Pollan. Those of you who are already Pollan fans will enjoy this book. I would suggest that you read How to Change your Mind first. His experiences while under the influence of psychedelics form a framework for how he approaches the subject of understanding consciousness.
I found the read a bit challenging, but very absorbing. The chapters on evidence of consciousness in plants and artificially intelligent computers were particularly interesting.
Hope all of you are well. After a brief heat wave, it is again cold here in Iowa. So I am huddled down with my reading, knitting and quilting this week.
Daily Fiber 
Sorry that the vest came out too short as it is really cool with those three colors and the stitch!
Perhaps a solution will come to you during its time out.
The yarn on that hat cast on is pretty cool I see why you granddaughter wanted one!
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Oh darn… I am so sorry that vest is so short! I don’t have any wisdom for that problem either… sigh. But I think your Melt the Ice hat is off to a nice start! (and how lovely that it already has a recipient!)
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I had to go and look up the Melt the Ice hat: that is a wonderful pattern and I’m sure your granddaughter will love hers. (Makes me wish I knew how to knit) I’ve held off reading the latest Pollan book, waiting to read what others thought about the writing. Good to get a review.
Finally the heat dome over the West has broken too, and we are enjoying the season’s weather as it should be in April. Happy reading, knitting and quilting!
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It’s fun to knit for granddaughters, especially when they have a specific request. The purple is so bright and cheerful. The colors in the vest are very pretty. Sometimes I just give away things that don’t fit or suit me and remind myself that some of enjoyment is in the making. It is disappointing when the fit doesn’t come out right. It sure has happened to me.
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I can empathise with the garment not coming out quite right. I remember not knitting a garment for myself for some and finding it too big at the finish, and passed it on. I then knitted a cardigan which had the opposite problem, although I wore it with a brooch holding the neckline together, and received many favourable comments. I’m sure that many of the fabulous items you have made over the years have been ‘just right’.
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