k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1

Must. Stop. Knitting.

On my third attempt to produce a pattern for the lace camisole I made a couple of years ago, I started off last Friday with three 50g balls of wheat-colored cotton Takhi yarn and my trusty 24" size US1 circulars. I cast on with the invisible cast-on from Eunny's site, which took about three tries to get right.

Hint #1: loosely knot your working and waste (purple) yarns together before casting on. Twice I got about halfway through, got all excited about spreading the stitches out to count, and in the process pulled the waste yarn through a few inches of cast-on stitches, which caused the whole thing to unravel. Not pretty.

I joined the two ends with a round of knit, and then set off to chart the pattern. I knit through a gorgeous, sunny Friday afternoon, stopping only to go play bluegrass with a friend and then watch an oxen pull and admire stalls of Corriedales and Romney sheep at the Durham Fair. Saturday, I snuck in a few rows before making an emergency run to the grocery store for the ingredients for this cake and this icing for a birthday party-- which included a group session at a local spa for pedicures and manicures. And yes, you can knit while getting a pedicure, although you have to wait at least an hour for your fingernails to dry before you can risk touching needles again. Here's the progress as of Sunday night:

I'm having so much fun with this! You can see the center cable going up the front, then the twining leaves panels, and more cables, and then two bias panels on the side. The pattern itself is pretty easy so far; I've been toying with just writing it all out long-hand but it's getting too complicated and needs a chart. So stay tuned for that.