Why, oh why did I cast this on? I am never going to finish all my projects this way. That’s it! I’m declaring a moratorium on casting on until I finish at least TWO projects. I’m gonna hide my needles, lock up my stash, and pretend like these five four projects are the only projects in the world. I am giving myself a break and pretending like that other sweater doesn’t exist, since it’s been in WIP land for quite some time now.
ANYWAYS. Sipalu. This bag has some seriously weird construction going on. First, it has you knit the 240-stitch side band flat. Fair Isle, flat? AW HELL NAW. I took that bad boy and knit it in the round, then tried out the crochet steek I saw one miss Sugar Sticks do.
I made my steek-safe area a little too wide, though; I may go back and chop some more off. Crochet steeking is so much easier than a sewn steek that I don’t dread that idea!
One other nice thing: I find I like colorwork much better when it’s a little, repeating pattern (like the side of the Sipalu bag) than when it’s a bigger panel (like the front). If I can just sit back and knit, rather than have my nose in the chart, it goes so much faster!