Round and Round

First off, thanks everyone for the nice comments about my hosta photos! I'm no Cara, that's for sure, but I thought they were nice "green pictures."

As promised, progress on the Roundabout Leaf Tank. It really does look ginormous in this picture, doesn't it? The other night, I started to get a little panicky about the size and blathered about it here. I've measured and remeasured and I think it's going to be between 35 and 36 inches around. That means that, on me, it will hang straight, skimming at the bust and hips. We'll see how it looks. I decided not to frog and alter the pattern to make it smaller, although that wouldn't be hard to do. I'm afraid that tightness and the horizontal lines might not be very flattering.

If it doesn't fit absolutely perfectly, at least it will have been a fun knit. It was a bit tedious until I started joining the body. After that, it's been entertaining. Maybe I'm a little simple, but the way this is all coming together strikes me as very cool. Also, for some reason, I find making little knitted leaves highly satisfying. I'm about two-thirds of the way through the main part of the body, and then I start some decreases to level off the top of the tank. Finally, the wide shoulder straps are added and shaped with short rows. It's going to need some serious, though not severe, blocking to flatten the inevitable rolling. If you've blocked Knit Picks Main Line or a similar cotton-wool blend and have any advice or tips, I'd be happy to hear them.