Chevron, lace and cables, O My!

**Pictures coming soon**

I have been working on some fun patterns recently.  I finished my Silverberg sweater in all it's stockinette glory and have been balancing that out with some patterns that have fun details to their stitching.

The first is a sock pair that I've been working on for a while and posted about before. My Jaywalkers are coming along slowly but surely.  I think it's the perfect travel project. The pattern is easy enough to do without paying too much attention but when I'm in a waiting room bored it's interesting enough to keep me from fidgeting the whole time.  Plus the yarn I'm using gets tons of ooohs and aaaahs from people. 1st step to an awesome project is use awesome yarn.

I'm taking the interest level up one more notch with the Vesper Cowl.  It's a beautiful flowy cowl with a wavy stockinette center and lace edging.  It looks amazing but is based on 10 row blocks that still make it travel friendly.  Last for my stitchy patterns is my Peking, which I have also already mentioned.  I'm almost done with the front panel but this one really requires me to sit with my knit-companion open following each row.  The flame pattern isn't as predictable as a leaf pattern and requires my attention.  These projects are inching their way towards completion while I finish my Rhinebeck Sweaters.

I'm loving my Silverberg, it needs to be soaked to get rid of the smell still but everything is woven in and finished off.  I love how fitted the top is and the elbow length sleeves.  It balances the bulky yarn and cowl neck well.  Now that it is completely done, I brought my Collins out of hibernation.  I finished the last sleeve (cross your fingers they are even), blocked everything out and started seaming the body.  I seamed the front pieces to the back so that I could pick up stitches for the collar and front tie section.  I could have seamed on the shoulders as well but I figured it would be easier to maneuver without them on. I tried on the body and it looks a little short (which is how it's supposed to wear) and maybe a little tight, hard to tell without the ties and thick collar band.  This might be a sweater that will fit better after surgery but I think will still be wearable now with a longer shirt under.

I need to learn to trust the designer.  I have ripped out and start over this neckline twice now.  The first time I thought I knew better and did half as many short rows as written.  I ended up with a collar that stood right up.  That was my own fault.  So was the second time where I stopped the short rows on the wrong side so one side was two rows wider then the other........ At least both times I was able to rip back to where the mistake started and not have to pick up all those stitches again.

Less then a month till Rhinebeck and I still can make it, onwards and knit-wards.