Maude meise

It’s a rainy, dreary day in Chicago and I’m working on Maude.

I’m not sure if I’ve stated yet just how much of a garment knitter I am not, but I am trying to be. I have one cardigan under my belt, and I’m making a valiant effort with Maude. A delightfully summery looking top with a vintage feel. A little flirty, a little sexy, just the thing to take the edge off of March in the Midwest. It’s knit top down seamlessly, with the sleeves picked up after the body is knit. I’m knitting it in my new yarn lust, Wollmeise. Specifically, Wollmeise Sockenwolle 100% superwash in the dark intensity of colorway Petit Poison Nr. 5.

Are you drooling yet? I am.

Getting the front chart for the pattern lined up correctly gave me fits at first, but I got that straightened out and was on my way. I discovered that I need to knit a whole lot more lace than the pattern calls for to get from my armpits down and over my chest. I’m knitting between two sizes for the body, and I can tell you that 6 or 12 rounds of the lace sure it’s going to cover the girls. So I’m at the point where it feels like the lace will never end, which is bad because once it does end, I’ll start feeling like the ribbing will never end. And that feeling will last a good long while, as there’s more ribbing than lace.

But I’m adoring how the lace looks, and loving how the yarn is working up. It feels cottony and light, so I may just be able to wear this successfully in the summer! (Don’t ask me what I was planning on doing with a lacy short-sleeved top if I couldn’t wear it in the summer, though.)

I might add that I’m having a bit of help with my knitting today. A little special someone was fighting with me and my knitting all morning and driving me absolutely batshit crazy. I walked away for a few minutes to get the camera and take a work-in-progress photo, and this is what I returned to.

Now how could I get mad at that?