Finishing Up the Costa Tank

 Hello again! Life has been busy and it's about to get busier, but for now I'm back! A lot has happened with the Costa Tank I've been working on since I last posted. In fact, I FINISHED IT! It's all washed and blocked and beautiful and ready to be worn for as long as warm weather keeps up. I'll share some nice pictures wearing it next time I'm sure, but for now here are a few of the process of finishing it up.

The hem had to be sewn up to reveal this subtle little scalloped edge look. It also served to keep the edge from curling up rather nicely.

Next was the I-Cord edging on the armholes, this helped to tailor the armholes a little more and took FOREVER, but I really liked how it turned out. I did have to ask for help interpreting the instructions from a more experienced knitter and watched a couple videos to get the hang of it. I thought Bronwyn The Brave Designs video titled "I-Cord bind-off in the round" was very helpful, but the instructions in the actual pattern are slightly different.

After the armholes came the neckline and across the shoulder straps with more I-Cord edging. Then I wove in my ends excitedly and threw the whole thing in a bowl of cool water in my kitchen sink.

And then it was time for blocking! Honestly one of my least favorite parts of the process usually, but it was really very simple for this piece. I considered blocking out each individual scallop on the edge, but quickly ran out of pins so I'll have to do that another time if I really want those to be defined. The top blocked out beautifully! All the little parts I was concerned would be too snug, smoothed out and fits perfectly! I'm so so happy with it, thank you to Bluebird Pine Shop for putting out such a lovely pattern!

Moving on to other projects now, I started and restarted... and restarted the Springstep Boot Cuffs pattern by Michelle May. Now there's nothing wrong with this pattern, I just apparently have trouble keeping track of which part of the lace pattern I'm working on... which is a problem haha. At first I didn't read the pattern closely enough and started working only with the smaller needle size listed, but the main body of the project calls for a larger size than the ribbed edging. That was my first frog. Then no matter how closely I thought I was paying attention, I kept ending up with too many stitches by the end of my round. I'm sure it was just me though, because this third go I have had the perfect number of stitches every round.

Gorgeous, right? I'm using Willow Worsted yarn in the color Morel Brown by Round Mountain Fibers.

The jester hat is coming along slowly but surely, I have one section I need to redo and one I'm almost finished with in the dark blue color my friend gave me for the project. The light blue section I think is just not quite the periwinkle color that I had in mind, so I'm giving it another go with a different blue that I think will work a little better.

And last but not least, my marled scarf is finally actually finished! I wove in the very last end just yesterday and it's ready for the coming cooler weather.

That's it for now, I hope you have a great rest of your week!

Your Crafting Buddy,

Savvy