Category: finished object

  • the flip

    I know it’s taken me a long time to catch up, but here we are – another Rhinebeck sweater, which I did in fact wear to Rhinebeck!

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    Dream in Color Wrap Cardi
    Pattern: Knitting Pure and Simple Neckdown Wrap
    Yarn: Dream in Color “Classy” (worsted) in Dusky Aurora – more purple in real life
    Needles: Denise US 8?

    This one’s a great sweater, but see the flip in the hem? I knew I should’ve done another ridge or two. Anyway, I’ve worn it lots already, despite the annoying flip. I’m actually thinking that I might unpick the bind off and knit another couple rows…or maybe I’ll just crochet around the bottom. That’d be easier.

    The yarn is fabulous as usual, but I did experience some momentary panic when I took it out of the spin cycle of the wash (it’d just been soaking) and the sweater had grown like crazy. I knew that was probably going to happen, what being superwash and all, but it was still freaky.

    dream in color wrap sweater

    I put the sweater in the dryer for a few minutes before taking it out to lay flat, and it was back to normal. Unfortunately, putting it in the dryer seems to have aged the yarn somewhat – this sweater is pilling a bit more than my Vino cardigan (which, by the way, I’m going to start selling the pattern for on this here blog).

    Vino didn’t grown when I washed it the last time, but I think that has a lot to do with the fact that it was knit in pieces and seamed up. The seams really helped stabilize everything, I think.

    Anyway, I’m really happy with the fit of this sweater and it’s seeing lots of wear! I’m think that perhaps yet another Dream in Color sweater is in my future…

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  • red and swingy

    herringbone skirt, iii.

    Herringbone Skirt
    Pattern: from Knitscene Fall 2007
    Yarn: 8 skeins Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool. I forget what the colour name is, but it’s, you know, red.
    Needles Hook: 3.25 mm Boye

    I just finished up this skirt Wednesday morning, finally. It seemed like a forever project, but it did actually work up relatively quickly – and I love the result!

    herringbone skirt, ii

    I do kind of wish I’d started the flarey part a little earlier, so it would be a longer section of the skirt, but it worked out fine. I did modify the seaming, slightly – the directions tell you to ch 2 between each sc of the seam. Didn’t make much sense to me, I tried it and just decided to nix the ch 2’s.

    I think I used 3/4″ elastic rather than the 1″ the pattern calls for, and also canned the bottom mini-ruffle. It was a bit too much for me and definitely would’ve taken more than the eight skeins the pattern called for.

    The fabric, being crocheted, is pretty see-through…

    see-through skirt

    But since it is a wool skirt, I’ll always be wearing leggings or tights underneath. And if not, there’s always the old-fashioned (but very useful) half-slip.

    Not bad for a first crochet project, eh? I’ve done crochet edgings and stuff before, but this was my first all-crochet project and first time following a crochet pattern. I’m glad it worked out – now I’m seeing a little more crochet in my future.

  • I sew, sometimes

    half-circle skirt

    I finished sewed this skirt a few weeks ago, and I love it quite a lot – I used an olivey green cotton with a subtle grid pattern on it from Cia’s Palette, 2 yards. I’d originally bought the fabric to make pj pants, but this is way better!

    I didn’t have enough fabric to make a full circle skirt (my fave) but I did have enough to make a half-circle. I didn’t really use a pattern, just folded the fabric in half and cut a quarter circle with a cutout for the waist. I also wanted to try my hand at pockets, so I made in-seam ones – they turned out to be a little small, but acceptable. I’ll make them bigger next time.

    I used and elastic waistband for comfor, and that was that! Probably about two hours in total, and that was a bit long since I spent a good amount of time fiddling with the pockets.

    Also, an important note: there is a rather important errata for Callie, which I just found out about – I’ve got to get off to work now, unfortunately, but I will email new copies of the pattern to everyone who’s purchased it, tonight, as well as posting the errata here. It has to do with the full bust stitch count and placing the markers for the shaping, so if you’re still on the yoke, you’ll be fine for awhile!

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