I'm done with the front of the Flame Sweater! That was a very fast knit, and I didn't even go crazy about knitting it. It pretty much finished itself.
I took pictures of the whole piece, but I decided to only put up a closeup of it. It's hard to take a good photograph of black and red yarn! It will hopefully make its way into Stitch'N Bitch Nation and will be far better photographed than I can make it.
Plus, it's not blocked yet and none of the ends are woven in. I followed Veronik Avery's fantastic advice to not measure and use row count instead, based on your gauge. It turned out perfect! Huzzah! I did have to change one thing: the pattern at one point calls for 26 repeats of a pattern to get it down to 38 stitches. I discovered that it only took 25 repeats to get it down to 38 (which is how it would work mathematically as well based on the pattern decreases). I haven't heard back yet from Deb, but I think if I need to rip it back, it won't be too much of a problem.
It's sort of fun to be a production knitter!
