Cache Coeur Bergamo

Pattern: Cache Coeur Bergamo, from Weekend Knitting
Yarn: Rowan Cotton Tape, "Electric", 6 balls
Needles: Size 10 for body, size 9 for border

Since I didn't use Bergamo yarn, is mine technically a "Cache Coeur Cotton Tape"?

Finished yesterday afternoon. I had all of the knitting done on Tuesday night, and then spent yesterday weaving in the ends and adjusting the armholes. The instructions for the armholes are exactly the same for all sizes, which... huh? You bind off 12 stitches with a three-needle bindoff to create the side seam, regardless of the size you're making. As such, the armholes come out HUGE, which then makes the tops of the sleeves stick out at a fairly unattractive angle. I seamed an extra 2" on the bottom of each armhole, and that took care of it.

The only other "modification" I made was that I worked the border around the opening in the round.

The border... the border took a while. It came out great, and it's a nice added detail, but it was time-consuming. 240 stitches (this is for the small size), each of which get wrapped 4 times, so there are basically 960 stitches on the needles at one point. It makes for some very crowded needles and some really tight stitches that don't want to slide anywhere without some force. I ended up working that row of the border with the "sock on 2 circulars" method, because there was no way all of the stitches would have fit on one needle. And of course, I got to the last set of stitches and found that I was one stitch short, but there was NO WAY I was frogging, and I couldn't find a dropped stitch. So, one of my sets of crossed stitches only has 7 stitches, not 8, but you can't see it unless you're really looking for it.

Up next: finishing one of my other 4 projects. Probably Mon Petit Chou, since I'm in a knitalong for that and I feel bad that I haven't touched it in a few days.