I have been really unproductive this month and so far have done more frogging than knitting.  First I ripped almost the whole Miralda Shawl. I was getting ready to cast off when I noticed I shifted one of the decreases on the side of the triangle and it was bugging me enough to frog it to the edging.




Then I casted on a new sweater, Dulce de Leche, from spring Twist Collective. At the first sight, this project looked very simple, lots of stockinette, some buttons, should not take me much time, right? Well, it took  two  up to the armholes and back down to the hem attempts to figure out that I need to completely rework the shaping of the sweater.  The waist shaping is way too dramatic for me, the total decreases for waist from top of the hip are almost 9 inches for my size. The shaping is done with darts, which I usually like but this time the decreases (and later increases) are worked on both sides of the dart for a total decrease of 8 stitches in one row.  I am not sure if it is the tweedy texture of Silky Wool but  after the shaping is done for the waist the body looked  very gathered, almost like a flounce. This time around, I am making the darts with shaping only on the inside, which should give me half of the total decreased stitches for the waist. I am loosely following the shaping of Riding to Avalon pattern as it has very similar gauge and works better for my body.



After I ripped it for the second time because it was still to short both below and above the waist, I almost abandoned the whole project ready to pretend it never happened but I have been searching for a while for the perfect pattern to use with  the Silky Wool from my stash. The color is called Petrol and it is beautiful teal even though my camera likes to think it is blue or gray. And I have already bought buttons.  Right now, the sweater looks more like the picture below than the one above, but I really hope that three times is the charm.





So the only progress I can show  this month after finishing Delicato mittens,  is one completed Maelstrom sock. The color of the month for the Solid Sock KAL is green, which worked really well for Sundara sock yarn in Jungle Boogie color I had in my stash from the Seasons Subscription.  The pattern is great, easier than any other Cookie A. sock pattern I have tried and it knits up incredibly fast. I have already turned the heel on  the second sock  so I am hoping I will still finish this pair before March is over.