C'est bon! Fifi

So, I am finally done with my beautiful FIFI!!!

It's my first time knitting that many cables...

It's my first time knitting cables without a cable stitch

AND it's my first project with Sexy Knitter's Club!

The knitting process is enjoyable, but I wan't very concerntrate on this project actually. Maybe it was because the pattern is just too easy to follow, or I was at the same time busy crocheting booties for my baby nephew.

I used 5 1/2 skeins of Berroco's Touch (Toe Shoe #7990), cast 120 stitches on a XS size and later 7 stitches increase for both sides.

Yarn: Berroco's Touch (Toe Shoe#7990)
Needle: Clover JP size #7 & 6

It took me a while to figure out how many stitches I actually had to increase on the sides cos from the pattern it says add stitches to get a even number, and if it's the case, there'll be only 2 stitches added on each side, which would not make any sense! Well, one of the benefits of joining KAL is that people could share with others about how they've gone through with the same project. And gladly that I found very valuable info at SKC, and my problem's solved! It's always good to knit with group of people, you'll never know how you gonna end up with a beautiful project and gaining really skillful information from the group.

My FIFI is actually in a beautiful pink color and it fits on me perfectly! :P Touche is good in sheen texture and stretchness, but if I have a chance for a second FIFI, I'd love to try that magic Camer for sure!

My Fifi-progress

view seeing from office window

Summer time is never a cosy season here in Taiwan. Temperature sometimes would rise to over 37 degrees celsius in the midst of Summer, which is indeed quite annoying! What you could do is nothing but stay in an air-con place, it's the only way to successfully get rid of the hot and the humid.

And about my Fifi, so far I am about to start to separate sleeves from the body. I'll have to try it on tonight when I am back home and see if the size fits me.

My weekday knitting time is so little that I could knit only during lunch break between 1 p.m. through 01:30 p.m., and a few hours only in the night...

My Fifi---having a swatch

Many of the SKC members have already started the project, and I am just done with my swatch...seems that I am a bit behind...

Instead of the pricy Calmer, I chose Touche of Berroco for my Fifi. The color I bought is the Toe Shoe (7990), which is an absolutely pink and I think pink color should match perfectly with this pattern. :P

I am using on a #7 (JP size) for my swatch, which is exactly the same as the pattern indicates. I wear size 36 (38 in rare situation) normally, and considering the "negative ease" that my final size of Fifi could stretch much bigger than expected, I decided to go for the smallest size, so that my final Fifi would be either just fit to me or be a bit tight on me, which would be all fine to me.

I'll start the knitting tonight and hope that everything will go just as smooth as I expect!

2007/07/17 update

This is so far what I've done. I am doing the 6th row increase and am done with two times cables...pattern is easy to follow, but it's weired doing the cables without the needle, but it's faster doing this way though... :P