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So, after a month of sporadic effort, I finished the back piece of Sage.  I’d better pick up the pace if I want to finish this by the end of September!  However, I do have a 2 week vacation coming up, so that should help.

My new project is Peace, also from Kim Hargreave’s “Misty”.  Luckily this is going much faster- It’s been about 1.5 weeks, and the body is done, with only the sleeve remaining.  The yarn is Reynolds Saucy, 100% cotton, a good sub for the Rowan Handknit Cotton in terms of weight/yardage.  The Saucy has cabled construction, it’s not at all splitty, and has a nice sheen from the mercerization.  However, it also has an annoying number of knots and other irregularities, like knots in one of the 3 plies.  It’s working up into a nice firm fabric on relatively small needles and the color, a subtle gray-blue, is great, so I’ll stick with it, but I probably wouldn’t use it again.  Funny, I’ve used Saucy before (in the sportweight) and I had a completely different experience… the yarn was much more matte, and also the quality was much better.  I tried something new for the buttonholes, the “Tulip’s Improved Horizontal Buttonhole” from the Summer 2010 Interweave.  I bound off/cast on 4 stitches for each.  This method does create a nice neat buttonole, which is certainly more stable than the k2tog, yo method.  I look forward to picking out big, pretty buttons for this project.  I’m hoping to make quick work of the sleeves and have a FO soon.