Schooner is coming along – I’m a few inches past where I had to rip back, so I’m happy with that. Now it’s just straight stockinette for what will likely feel about like forever, then a bit of excitement binding off a few stitches for the armholes, then on to the shoulders. On the one… Continue reading Wednesday WIP
Today I got two excellent bits of news. First – I am getting a bit thinner! Not a lot, but at least a bit. I have been working on losing weight and getting in better shape, and it is starting to pay off 🙂 I discovered this while reading through the pattern for the gray… Continue reading Happy Day!
In the month since starting my subscription to Amy Herzog’s Custom Fit, I believe I have done more swatching that in the whole past year. Mostly this is because after you get your measurements in, the process starts with your swatch. So if you want a pattern, get swatching! “I hate swatching!” You might say.… Continue reading Swatch Out
After the great experience I had making my gray cardigan (of earlier post fame), I had been giving a lot of thought to getting a subscription to Amy Herzog’s Custom Fit site. I had been kind of thinking about it for a while, but given how well my CF experimental sweater turned out, it was… Continue reading NightSwatch
I interrupt my story about VK Live – will get back to that tomorrow. I finished my Gray Cardigan! It fit great and exactly what I wanted. It will work great with my wardrobe, and is basically perfect. Sigh! So happy! The yarn is Ironstone Warehouse Flake Cotton, which as far as I know is… Continue reading Gray Cardigan is Done!
Yes, sorry – another sleeve joke 🙂 That’s what I have been working on – sleeves. Although these are short (elbow length) sleeves, they seem to be taking forever to knit. In reality, it’s been a little less than a week. It just feels like so much longer! Two more inches to go, then I… Continue reading A Call to Arms
The Gray Cardigan fronts are done and sort of blocking! As you can tell from these photos, by “blocking” I mean I soaked them and then squeezed most of the water out of them, and then patted them more or less into shape on my washer and dryer, where they will lay until they are… Continue reading Fronts and Center!
The back is done for my Gray Cardigan! I do still need to block it, but I don’t think that’s going to take me too long. It moved along really quickly! I have been bringing it along with me to work on at lunch, and also on the ride into work and home again, and… Continue reading Gray Cardigan has a Back
I’m making good progress on the back so far – have gotten up to the armhole decrease already! When I was originally thinking about this sweater, I thought I might add a little textural interest by doing a little blip of purl stitches here and there. However, the thick/thin nature of the yarn is already… Continue reading The Gray Cardigan Progresses
Quite A Yarn 