October Knit Along: Mostly Finished Cuff

Goodmorning, knitters. Sorry it's been a few days; I've been on the job hunt like crazy which has been taking up a lot of time. But a few days back I took an afternoon and finished my cuff!

The cuff before binding off or doing the I-cords.

One day I was trying to knit my goal progress for the week on the cuff, and then the next weeks, and then I had the whole thing finished remarkably quickly and easily, and all I had left to do was bind of and knit the I-cords.

I was more worried about the end of the pattern than I had been for any of the rest of the pattern. I had never knitted I-cords before and I was a little skeptical on how they would work and look. I also, if you remember, modified the pattern so it was 15 instead of 25 stitches which was fine until the end when that mattered. So I had to take what seemed like hours trying to figure out how many stitches to bind of before starting the I-cord and then what to slip and where to begin again and then how many to bind off. It seemed so complicated. But then I started knitting and, surprised as I was, the end of the cuff came together quite nicely.

The I-cords that will be the buttonloops and the bound off edge of the cuff.

Now all I need to do is find some buttons to put on the cuff, and I'll be finished! Well, almost since I've also been too lazy to weave in my ends. Okay, and I clearly haven't blocked it. Mostly finished, after all. But, since it's only mid-October, I bet I have enough time to make another cuff. I think I'm going to try the framed cuff.

Happy knitting!