On To The Sleeves

 

I finished knitting the body of Scéal Grá last night.  The i-cord bind off seemed to take forever, and using two strands of laceweight held together isn't exactly working to speed things up.  I feel like I have to pay attention to each individual stitch as I knit it, which really slows things down.  On the other hand, the feel of the knitting is just amazing and the finished sweater will be completely worth it.  I'll definitely use this combination of yarns together again, but I'll give myself a little break first.  Maybe a nice single stranded worsted weight sweater next.

I didn't do the body increases or the flounce at the lower edge, but I did do the shortrows to lengthen the back.  The bind off is rolling up at the lower edge because it hasn't been blocked yet, but you can see a bit of the shape the shortrows gave me.

I believe I'm supposed to do an i-cord on the neck edge to finish it, but I'm not sure if that's what I want there.  I might do a single crochet edge like I've used on a couple of Ravello pullovers.  It will stabilize that edge without really adding anything visually - I think the lace is probably enough.

I'm planning on starting the first sleeve later today.  I'll make decisions about the neckline later!

Have a great weekend!