Month: March 2005

  • So, I finished the yoke of the red and black sweater…

    …and the fit was really shitty. At first I thought it might be because the entire sweater was just too big, but I laid my Retro-Prep on top and it was about the same size. So RIIIIIIIP again, back to just after I joined the sleeves. Gonna do raglan decreases every other row in the hopes that the sweater body also won’t get too long – the length looked weird too. So now I’m back to where I was in that second picture from the previous entry.

    Times like this I wish I had a winder. I was trying to wait until September for the Kitchener-Waterloo knitting festival where I can get both a swift and winder for $100, but I might have to just forgo the swift and spend $50 on a winder.

    Anyway, if this doesn’t work out I’m ripping this sweater entirely. Third time better be a charm, eh?

  • revisit

    Remember this?

    Yes? No? Well, I did finish the armbands as well. And then it sat in the WIP pile for awhile. Now it looks like this.

    I decided I was never going to wear a vest, so riiiiip. It’s now becoming a full sweater, although I’m not sure what to do with the sleeves, or how much yarn I’ll have left for them – so I did a provisional cast on (for the first time) and I’ll do the sleeves top-down after I finish the yoke. I’m using the decreases from glampyre, for a seamless yoke. I think I might duplicate stitch something in black over the red at the heart, maybe.

    This might also become a gift, if I can find a recipient.

  • slow down

    I’ve found that lately, I’m trying to race through my projects so I can start something new. I suppose it’s my way of not getting bored with one project at a time, but that seems to be misfiring as I’m rather bored with all my projects. I need to just slow down, and enjoy the process of knitting, rather than trying to finish a bazillion sweaters before winter’s over.

    Enter Cozy, from Knitty.

    I’m using JaggerSpun Wool Silk 4/8, in Steel. It’s 50% merino and 50% tussah silk, and is just sooo soft and smooth. I’ve done one repeat (after I charted the lace pattern) and I’m just going to take it slow. A meditation project.

    Now I gotta get back to this – five pages (including graphs), due tomorrow, and I haven’t written a word. Eep.