According to my project details in Ravelry, I started Sylvi on November 28th last year. I’ve made steady progress. The sleeves and fronts were relatively simple to knit.
Then I started the exciting part – the back:
Which is taking quite a bit of concentration. Definitely not good tv knitting and constant checking of the pattern isn’t great for my back, so I restrict myself to ten rows a night (just over an hour). The photo above shows where I’m up to – about a fifth to a quarter of the back (since I’m leaving the hood off) – and it’s taken me nearly five hours to get this far. And I’ve discovered that the big flowers on the back are knit later by picking up stitches and knitting each petal separately, so even when I finish the back there’s more work to do.
But I’m loving the way it looks. I’ve always wanted to knit a big coat, and this one is going to be glorious. (I hope.)
I LOVE working cables and twists. I find once my brain wraps around the pattern I don’t even have to think about it. Your pattern on the other hand looks a little complicated. No set pattern huh?
I’m not up to date on the whole Ravelry thing… (I don’t even think I spelled it right) Do you trade patterns and yarn or do you keep up with your inventory on it?
ooh look at that! I love the colour, i love the idea. It’s lovely – ambitious and, from the sounds of it, a bit slow but it’ll be worth it.
It's looking lovely. I really want to make Sylvi for myself, but I'm a bit daunted by the weight of something that big & thick on someone as big and thick (around the middle) as I am. Jill.