Placket... jacket... HaCaT... Bob Saget

These are the words that were going through my head the whole time that I was knitting this sweater. I guess just because it's such a strange word, placket.
I started this sweater for my nephew around christmas time but put it down. So I picked it up again this weekend and finished it. It's actually quite a quick knit and those raglan shoulders are just so damn satisfying.



Close-up of the placket (...stack it ....pack it...):



Pattern: Child's placket neck sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts
Yarn: CottonEase in Stone (about a ball and 1/4)
Notes: As usual, I didn't use the yarn called for or something even close in gauge. So it took some thinking to figure out the measurements. Because of this, the sweater came out a little longer than it probably should have. But I think it's fine and possibly my best experience in all of my changing yarn/gauge adventures.

I also finished the grey and white brioche scarf:





Pattern: Two color brioche scarf
Yarn: Bernat Alpaca
Pattern notes: As I said before, I don't like the edges. I am sure there is some way to make them look neater, but it's way too late for this scarf. I really like the brioche stitch because it makes a very warm scarf, but the pattern is super confusing and it took quite a while for me to figure it out. Some advice: keep trying, it's worth it. Knit at least 6 rows before giving up. It looks weird at first, and I kept quitting before I realized that I was actually doing it right. The most confusing part is what a yarnover really means in the context of this pattern. I always thought that yo meant, if it's a knit stitch, start with the yarn in front; if it's a purl stitch, start with the yarn in back. However, for this pattern, yo before a knit stitch still means start with yarn in front, but yo before a purl stitch (your yarn will be in front) actually means to wrap the yarn around your right needle once going over the top and then back through the two needles. Are you confused? Yeah. I was too. Anyway, once you pick it up, it's quite easy to do. Next time I don't think that I will use colors that contrast so much and... try to figure something out about the edges.

And finally, since I am incapable of finishing anything and must instead always cast on for something new, here's the beginning of the Hourglass Sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts.