Week 3- Reflection

Although it doesn't look like there's much there- it took a long time! This is my progress on the body portion of the sweater. Interestingly enough, based on the pattern, I am knitting full circle, so my sweater sort of "grows" upward as I continue knitting.

I used a #6 24" circular needle and worsted weight yarn, and cast on 146 stitches. I placed a marker at the beginning of the rows to ensure that I would not lose my spot, and had to pay close attention to each stitch (so I wouldn't twist the stitches by accident when joining the first round). I knit 4 rows in stockinette stitch, and then learned how to purl. I returned to the knitting store last Saturday to learn how to Purl. Although it seemed more complicated at first, purling is actually just the opposite of knitting. Then, I worked 5 more rows in stockinette stitch. On the last of the 5 rows, I followed the instructions which told me to "decrease 10 stitches evenly spaced across the last row."