Posted in 2009 Knits on April 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I never learned to play Pinocle, but I can at least knit the sweater! Pattern by our favorite frantic blogger: Red Dog Knits Kristi.
This child’s Tunic length sweater is knit in Plymouth Encore Worsted in a solid, gorgeous red. I did have to go down to a US 5 to get gauge, which is unusual [...]
Posted in 2009 Knits on April 28, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Once again, I looked to A Fine Fleece for my next sweater pattern. I feel a bit as though I am hoarding sweaters for next fall.
In any case, this pattern was simple enough to keep me happy, but difficult enough to require a bit of concentration. I also added waist shaping because I didn’t want [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Some time ago, my very lovely friend Gabrielle sent me beads. These beads were part of an emergency situation in which I needed the right beads to match my handspun yarn in order to finish it for a State Fair project. Coming to my rescue, she included several different bead styles in the package. I [...]
Posted in 2009 Knits on April 9, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I seamed and seamed and seamed last night until I thought my arm would fall off.
Then this morning: I picked up the stitches, knit the neckband, wove in the ends and voila! One finished Halcyon sweater, Knitterbunny length. In other words, extra long. I’ve been wanting to knit an extra long sweater for a while [...]
Posted in 2009 Knits on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A lot of seaming plus one neckband and I’ll finally be finished with this sweater. The yarn is still gripping me in its squishy, wooly grip. I keep petting the completed pieces.
Fingers crossed, I’ll have this finished by Sunday.
Posted in 2009 Knits on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There now. That’s better. Two finished sleeves with correct cables. It makes me sigh a little to think that I’m so close to finishing this sweater and moving on to the next project. If I would pay a little more attention, then I wouldn’t have to rip so much. If I didn’t have to rip [...]
Posted in 2009 Knits on April 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Well, it happened again. I had the back all done when I noticed a matching pair of missed cable crossings after the second center panel repeat. So rip, rip, rip went the yarn. Whir, whir, whir went the ball winder. The back, in short order, was frogged.
I’m giving up on this sweater! It’s more [...]
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