Month: April 2006

  • the ehs

    The ehs as in the blehs. Been a bit…uninspired by the knitting lately, although I have had great productivity with the spinning. Evidence:

    Sleeves, take 2.5. Now you see ’em….(note: they used to be attached to the sweater)

    Now you don’t:

    Yep, I ripped both sleeves of Cable/Rib entirely. It just. wasn’t. working. The sleeves were too baggy for the shape of the body, and the caps were too long, resulting in a weird just slightly puffed look. Back to the drawing board…this time, sleeves in the round, and perhaps (gasp) I’ll actually do the Maths on the sleeve cap. Or….I might cast on provisionally and do the cap first, sew it in, then knit the rest of the sleeve down once I get the cap right.

    New Yarn: A lovely lemon skein of BFL, chain (navajo) plied. It’s still quite thin, and I just love the look of three ply.

    Chocoberry BFL – milky chocolate brown, blues, and purples. 2ply.

    Just a bit more finishing to do on Dreamcatcher – sewing in the sleeves and finding buttons. Hopefully some new (and inspiring) projects next time!

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  • summer already?

    Interweave Summer preview is up!

    I actually love a couple of things – nothing’s really grabbed me lately in Interweave. But things to make from this one: Looking Glass Top, Marseilles Pullover, Fairy Net Blouse. And maybe others, depending on my mood when the issue actually comes out!

    Meanwhile, I’ve started a new sweater from one of last year’s issues, so pictures to come soon.

  • the results

    Hi. Okay, so the Big Paper is in, and I’ll be back to more regular posting, at least until my finals are closer! First up, some results from my survey – those of you not really interested, feel free to scroll down to some close-to-completed projects!

    Of 187 responses that I received, 116 were from Canadians, 67 were Americans, and 4 were other – this is the country of raising from 8-18. Remember the photo of the people waiting? Among the Canadians, 33% responded with some form of ‘line’, 47% with some form of “lineup”, 5% said queue, and the rest were others. Among the Americans, 70% said “line”, 20% said “waiting” or “standing” in line, and the rest were other.

    In the self-rating of use of terms, over 94% of the Americans chose “line” always or often, while 62% of the Canadians said they used “line” always or often, and 63% said they use “lineup” always or often as well. So – it’s pretty obvious that in Canada, one can say they were in a couple of “lineups” today and not mean they were at the police station a lot, while Americans don’t. This is also reflected in some dictionaries (I looked at quite a few, but definitely not an exhaustive amount) – a few American dictionaries had only definitions relating to police investigations or sports (baseball lineup) while Canadian dictionaries also defined “lineup” as being just a row of people, or a queue. So there you have it!

    The knitting! Cable/rib, with new sleeve caps in, collar on, toggles laid out (but the attachments aren’t done), blocking. Only the top part, which is why it’s a different colour than the bottom half of the sweater!

    And I finished the body of Dreamcatcher earlier this week, then did the medallion part at SnB on Wednesday night. After one incident of screwup-age, it went super quickly. Tends to do that when you’re decreasing by half every other round or so!

    I think it looks awesome! It’s all unblocked and raggedy looking here of course, but with some lovin’ I’m sure it’s look faboo.

    So just a little sewing up and finishing to do (Dreamcatcher seems to have a lot of ends) and I’ll have not one but TWO new sweaters! And I actually need them – I keep thinking I want to wear a cardigan, then realize I don’t really have any appropriate spring-ish ones.

    What’s next? More sweaters, obviously. Some stockinette…to go with the studying. Hmm.