Thank you Kay! I’m sure Jen (I’ve watched her enough we should be on a first-name basis, right?) will make it obvious to me - it’s what she does! 
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I definitely have done projects without alternating. Some I love, some less so. I agree with the lace I personally would probably wing it!
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SO overcommitted! And SO tempted.
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I am banking on being able to thread a sock needle through this before “unzipping”-
purling the first row would have been a good call.
Next time I’ll remember that “Kay does it her way” :).
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so i knit and sleeve and then blocked it as i knit the body - then it was dry by the time i finished the body - so i blocked the body as i worked on the cuffs of the sleeves. the body was then dry by the time i finished the cuffs - initially i was worried about stopping this project in the middle to do the blocking but i didn’t need to pause at all since i blocked in stages. also with this piece put together i like it as is without the ribbing around part of the outside - it definately has a shrug kind of feel. i’ll do the ribbing and see if i like it better like that - i can always take it out
as for the blocking i pinned it on blocking mats to the given measurements and then sprayed it with water and then waited for it to completely dry. it took a couple of days
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I did this too, provisional cast on and purled the first row. The first time, I did it per the pattern. It worked fine, but was a little futzy. I thought I’d experiment this time.
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gasps Do people know how easy this pattern is? Delightful results with so little effort — what an elegantly simple design! I had a crush on Jeannette Sloan in the Zoom session, but now I’m in love!
I’m still knitting my gauge swatch / sleeve if gauge works out, and already peeking at other colors to order for my next one! Living in steamy Texas, this is an ideal sweater/jacket/class-it-up accessory without over-warming oneself.
Another idea - - - linen? Thoughts?
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Haven’t started mind but think you are being to block the over while working on the other. I didn’t think of that!
I’m in and looking forward to following everyone’s progress. What a brilliant design! This is Neighborhood Fibre Co. Stephen Towns, cast on and a few rows in. The lace pattern is easy to memorize so, barring lots of mistakes and frogging, it should work up quickly.
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Is anybody here knitting Mood with the double stranded Gleam yarn (besides me, I mean)? I’m about 20 rows in, and loving the pattern, but fearing that it is too — well, too loose for the lacework to show up. Just minor qualms…
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Hi! I am using a double strand of Gleam and had to go down to a size 3 needle to get the proper gauge. Please note that I’m a loose knitter. But even so, I had to keep trying smaller and smaller needles. Good luck!
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Yikes! That’s a pretty big difference in needle size!
Perhaps it is time to pause and try the dreaded gauge check.
Send good thoughts my way…
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I bought that yarn too. I used the sock version in a shawl, will be interesting to see how the rustic fingering behaves. What size needle did you use?
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I swatched with sizes 6, 7 and 8 and was surprised that 8 gave me gauge as it seemed a bit more “open” than the photo stitches appeared. The yarn feels great and I’m very pleased with the color. Good luck!
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The photo that I posted shows knitting on size 8s. The stitch count is pretty close, and the row count is off by 2 rows. Now I’m not sure what to do…I don’t dislike the fabric I’m knitting on the 8s, I’m just a little surprised by how open it seems compared to the pictures (and I’m not sure what will happen when I wash/block the sweater).
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Okay…after a goodish bit of dithering and doubting myself, I’ve decided to keep on keeping on. It’s supposed to be drapey, right? And I can always frog it or use it as a reading cocoon if worst comes to worst. Tally-ho!!!
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Yes…I will be knitting Mood in Gleem. I worked a swatch on size 8’s but I thought the “holes” were too big so switched to size 6. I think I will be happier with size 6. Row count is way off though but I am hopefully thinking it won’t be too much of a problem (she says with fingers crossed!).
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I’ve knitted about 14" so far in that color way and I can attest to its gorgeousness!
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I did the same and purled the first row. I was a little uneasy with the provisional cast on being so densely involved in the lace pattern - I feel a little vindicated since Kay herself admitted to the same…
Question then becomes: When you unravel the cast on, will you unpurl that first row???
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I’m so excited to start the Mood Cardigan. I have one question. When using Helix the pattern indicates holding two yarns together but when I look at the photos of the works in progress using the Rustic fingering it looks like only one yarn. So the question is one or two yarns? Thanks