I has a wonderful slow Sunday yesterday – a little jaunt with my husband to a delightful art exhibition, coming home in the rain to a houseful of teenagers making cupcakes and some gentle knitting. The result? You won’t believe this, I almost don’t believe it myself, but I have finished ALL my knitting UFOs…It feels strange – virtuous and self-disciplined, but at the same time I’m a bit lost without some knitting to pick up. The plan for this week is to try to finish machine quilting my Martinique quilt and then I really need to hit the needles again to make some Christmas gifts.

So…I can now proudly present….the Juliet Shell by Cap Tease.

The yarn is Sylvan Spirit by the Green Mountain Spinnery and the pattern is from their lovely pattern book:

(Apologies for the less than wonderful photo – but there is no natural light at all here today – it is positively tipping it down outside and doesn’t look like it will improve in a hurry, so I’m afraid  it was this or nothing!). This is my second project with Sylvan Spirit – it feels nice, knits nice and looks nice – what more could you ask for?

This was a great pattern to knit. It is top down and knitted in the round, so only has shoulder seams, which worked out very nearly. I loved the mock cable pattern – which was a new one for me…

…but I confess I hated the neck and armhole edging which I couldn’t get anything better than uneven and sticking out. So I ripped it out…unfortunately ripping out part of the front by accident (I don’t think you can see the mend too much) and substituted a simple crochet border. It isn’t perfect, but I think it will do.

There is no-one here to photograph me, but I can tell you that the shell fits well and the mock cable stitch draws it in nicely at the waist, so it’s a pretty flattering fit (if I say so myself!).

So its onwards and upwards with the rest of the UFO mountain for me …..

Helen

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