Diamonds in the grass

Taking some of the wonderful Lima yarn in sage green from Rowan that I scored on that Army-Navy sale, and needles, I pulled a pattern from Knitters’ called Chocolate Diamonds.

Finishing up the front, I decided to actually follow the construction directions. Seaming the first shoulder, I picked up all the stitches for the collar.

first shoulder seamed

first shoulder seamed

From there, it was knit in ribbing for a long time on successively larger needles

collar started

collar started

and then I went ahead and seamed the first side before finishing the collar

all the seaming done

all the seaming done

the collar looks a bit long, but when folded down, it really looks nice. And I do like the diamond pattern on the front (and back).

and finished

and finished

About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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2 Responses to Diamonds in the grass

  1. The cat says:

    I wish I was skinny enough to wear something like that!

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