Category: knitting

  • corset pullover

    I lied. Pictures now.

    Corset Pullover
    Pattern: from IK, by Robin Melanson
    Yarn: Naturelle 8/8 from Elann, “dark linen”, most of a cone
    Started: March 20, 2005
    Finished: April 9, 2005

  • finished things

    The red socks…

    More shots (just because I like these photos):

    Red Knee Socks
    Pattern: my own, toe up
    Yarn: Koigu Kersti, red, 3 skeins
    Needles: 3.5 mm Garnstudio bamboo circular
    Started: March 29, 2005
    Finished: April 6, 2005

    They’re quite tight in the leg, but I think that’s a good thing – they’ll stay up! I did a normal bindoff, but it wasn’t stretchy enough so I did a sewn bindoff. It looks like ass when the sock isn’t on, but who’s going to see that? Anyway, I did one ball’s worth of each sock, then split the last ball by working from both ends of the skein. I ended up with just a few yarns left over. I think they’re pretty awesome! I may put up the pattern sometime.

    Oh, and I’ve got another finished object as well…first, a triumph:

    The sleeve cap fit *perfectly* into the armhole. I usually have to ease all this way and that, but this one was spot on. Ahhhh. Anyway, enough stalling, eh?

    The length is right, the armholes fit, the body is reallly good (and tight but not tooo tight), and the cotton shrunk up and actually does kind of hold things in…but. The neckline was ENORMOUS. Maybe I just don’t have broad shoulders, or maybe that’s why the model is posed weirdly, but seriously, it was just falling off. After much experimenting, I think for now I’m doing this:

    Ribbon threaded through the neckline and tied in the back. Gives the neckline a rather ruffled look when cinched in, but I think it fits with the look. Another option was lacing up the back neckline (like a corset, heh) but then the center back neck did this weird bulgy thing. Ah well. Modelled pics tomorrow!

  • all seed stitch, all the time.

    Well, almost.

    I’m almost done the red socks – I just need to bind off the second one, in fact! FO picture soon!

    I finished the knitting on the Corset Pullover, and I also knit a swatch to throw in the wash to shrink, which I’ll then unravel to seam with. Rather than attaching the lace edging by grafting (which I could’ve done if I’d been smart and put the neck sts on a holder…but oh well) I just bound it off and sewed it on.

    Some progress on the Monk’s Satchel – I’m marking every 12 inches as I go to make it easier to measure.

    And the last thing, I started the Phildar jacket out of the Katia Pisco I got from Elann – it’s really soft stuff. I do keep pulling bits out of the yarn though – I suspect they’re bits of linen that didn’t quite get combined. It’s going really fast, and the yarn is so light that the 50 g balls have 96 yds of chunky weight.

    edit: blogger is being HORRIBLE (“performance enhancements”)…riiiight. 10th time’s a charm.