I pulled out the long-stalled English School Slipover tonight and added a few more rows. It's now divided for fronts and backs, so not only is every other row a purl row (which is slower, and is kind of awkward on this yarn), but I also have a bunch of stitch holders flopping around. They are like giant safety pins, only a thicker wire. And yes, I know, you CAN use waste yarn but I always worry given how I stuff things in knitting bags and the like that I'll drop stitches off waste yarn and make even more work for myself.
I have about six more decrease rows for the armholes, and then just have to knit plain until it's long enough. Then the front is similar (but has a deeper neck opening, so more decreasing) and once that's done, it's just the arm and neck bands.
I also started the "sort bags" of soil today, and since I had only the one (early) class, I managed to finish four, which is 1/9 of what I have. I might be able to do a couple each day the rest of this week. I'd really like to get through all these samples before I go to visit my mom in mid May; I am tentatively planning a June sample date and I don't want to get too many samples stacked up ahead.
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What I have done for stitch holding is crochet them with a length of smooth cotton yarn. Slip knot onto hook, basically single crochet into each stitch you want held, end off by pulling the tail thru. Secure, and doesn't get in the way like stitch holders do. Unravel the chain when you need the stitches.
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