Inky.

Review of this blog from the beginning of 2014 might lead you to believe that I have spent more energy on sewing than knitting. How far from the truth! Reality is, I have more knitting time now than ever before. Since our move to the suburbs, I have two hours of designated train knitting every weekday. It adds up, let me tell you. What I don't have, however, is energy to work on things once I'm home for the evening. So, I knit, knit, knit on the train, pile finished pieces of projects on the chair in the bedroom, and start new projects. It's a really bad habit.

I attempted to guilt myself into finishing some of these things by posting evidence of my slothly negligence on Instagram, which did lead to minor advancement , but not much. All this procrastination leads to fewer finished projects, which leads to infrequent blogging. What's worse, I can't wear the things I've made if I never finish them. And, that's just sad... And wrong... Especially now that it's sweater weather!  

Enough's, enough. I'm going to get myself caught up and back into a rhythm. We'll have been in the house for a full year in November, and it's about time I start to feel settled into a routine again. Part of that routine, is blogging regularly. So, be prepared to be inundated with a slew of finished projects.

To put my money where my moth is, I present the first of such aforementioned knitting projects. This is the Inky dress by Marzena Krzewinska. It's the most recent of my finished projects and one I've been looking forward to adding to my closet. It's a very easy to wear sort of dress. The increases starting below the bust-line create a somewhat trapeze shape that's curbed by an angular hemline that's formed using short rows along the bottom back side of the dress. The pattern is very easy to follow and explained clearly. 

There isn't anything difficult about knitting this dress. But, I won't pretend that this isn't an undertaking.  After all, this is a dress knit using sock weight yarn. In my case, it was approximately 1800 yards of sock weight yarn for the 92cm size.  I took little breaks between skeins and worked worked on interim projects to help break-up the endless stockinette. I'd knit it again, not immediately, but definitely down the line. This dress is officially the least fussy item of clothing in my closet. 

Pattern: Inky 
Yarn: Cascade Heritage Silk- Marine Blue