capri, finally

My name is erin and I am a procrastinator. I think you already know that :) I took forever to do the finishing for Capri (I finished the knitting on May 15) even though it was just sewing the seams and knitting a garter collar. I really don't know why I put off seaming. Each time I do it, it isn't that painful, yet I tend to put it off. I'd really rather just knit and knit.

I lengthened the sleeves, but I can't remember how I did it. I can't find my notes to refer to it either. I suspect that all I did was start as per the instructions, then knit up for x cm before continuing with the sleeve increases. I would have liked to lengthen them a bit more, but I wasn't sure if I had enough yarn. Well it turns out I did have enough yarn in the end. For a crazy moment, I actually thought of snipping off the garter stitch cuff and adding stockinette and then grafting the cuff back. But other than procrastinating, I am also lazy, so I just left it as it is. The other modification I made was to knit the garter buttonband as I knitted the front pieces instead of having it sewn on later. I thought that I had forgotten to knit buttonholes but when I looked at the pattern again, it doesn't have buttonholes. The pattern uses press studs. I left out the press studs as I never button up my cardigans anyway. 

Pattern: Capri Rowan Magazine 43 size S

Yarn: Rowan Calmer in a shade called Blush 7+ balls

Needles: 4mm, 5 mm

For the sake of full disclosure, I didn't wet block Capri. I steam-pressed it very lightly with my iron on the ironing board. Capri is going to be useful for throwing over my tshirts and jeans on trips to the shopping centre.

Here are pics from a girls' day out with my daughter a long time ago, that I never got round to posting. We shared California maki and I had a cafe latte that was served on its own little tray. Don't you think that sugar cubes are cuter than sugar in paper packets? My mum used to have sugar cubes at home in a little bowl with teeny sugar tongs. Here's a link to making your own heart shaped sugar cubes. I really like the way drinks are served at this place. Look at the strawberry yoghurt drink that my daughter had.