I was sitting out back this past Sunday wondering what in the heck I was going to do with the yarn I had just frogged. Some of you might remember my very first Montego? Well it’s no more. I saw it hanging on my scarf rack and decided that it would get more use as a top or cami of sorts. Not knowing what pattern I was going to use didn’t stop me from casting on for a gauge swatch. Gotta start somewhere.

In the coming days I was going to have a bunch of free time-mainly because I was working the Federal Election as Deputy Returning Officer. Which was an ordeal itself, but I made a good friend along the way. (Shout out to Morgan! xo) However throughout the day, I became increasingly sick. At first I thought it was allergies, being in an old elementary school gym and all. Perhaps my sneezing was due to the dust. Ha. Wishful thinking. The next day I turned up half dead to work and C took pity on me and sent me home. I spent the next 12 hours lying in misery knitting this:

The Razor Cami.

It’s a simply sweet pattern that relies on negative ease instead of shaping to hug the wearers curves. With only one real pattern row I hardly had to glance down while watching the entire Bourne Trilogy that first night. I can knit like a demon when I’m sick it seems.

and here I am now as compared to my beaded halter/cami

Two more inches and I’m ready to start the straps. I saw on Ravelry a version with thicker almost cap like sleeves which I’m going to try and duplicate. So far I really like it, and I can’t get enough of the Cathay. It’s like a soft hug against the skin.