Intro . . . and a question

Hi everyone! I joined the KAL a few weeks ago and I'm really looking forward to seeing all the completed Scoops!

I'm making mine out of Rowan DK cotton. Here's a pic from when I was just finishing the ribbing on the back.


So, now that I'm shaping the neckline, I have a question for y'all. I'm on the section where you decrease one stitch each row, but the only purl decrease I know is P2tog. Is there another decrease I can use for the left side that will slant towards the left?

I just went ahead and used P2tog for both sides but the left side looks pretty wonky. Thanks in advance for the help!

My Scoop..

Hi! I joined a few days ago..I'm Tina. I'm making my Scoop with CottonEase in Blueberry. So far I've knit two fronts and the back up to the armholes. Then I decided I'm going to reknit the fronts because I think they looked like a different gauge compared to the back, and one front looked longer than the other. Here's my progess so far minus the front I already ripped out. I'm hoping it doesn't come out too big in the end though. I'm knitting the 34" size but I'm not sure how it's going to fit me. I'm probably going to make another one in the future and try sizing it down to a 32".

My Scoop is done!

Am I the first one here to finish a Scoop? If so...wow because I'm usually not so fast.

Have a look at my blog today, and also at my gallery, for more info about my Scoop. Here is one picture for you too...

The short details:

• It's made of Manos del Uruguay wool in #114 Bramble
• I used assorted vintage buttons
• I pretty much followed the pattern with the exception of some minor adjustments for row gauge (mine was too big)
• I made the size 38 and I really like how it fits
• Steam blocking is my new favorite kind of blocking (for wool at least)
• One of the greatest things about knitting this pattern: You know how usually when you pick up stitches, the pattern gives you a number, but you often pick up a few more and then decrease on the first row to get to the suggested number? This was the only time in my three years of knitting where I picked up stitches, and when I counted I was right on for the pattern instructions! It was magic I'm sure.

Now I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of your Scoops when they are done! Have fun...

Pattern revisions

I was lucky enough to get a complimentary copy of the Scoop pattern direct from Bonne Marie. But I think those of you that ordered it from her should have received an updated version with some corrections that affect the front right and left pieces. Did you all get the new version? I just got mine today, perhaps later than the rest of you. If you didn't, you might want to write to her.

The changes affect the amount of rows total that you work between bindoff for the underarm and the neckline shaping. If you were to follow the first version, you would have some very large armholes on the front pieces.

All my pieces are done but I haven't been able to bring myself to block them yet...