Category: sweaters

  • FO: top down sweatercoat

    I was re-sewing the buttons onto this sweater when I realized I hadn’t blogged this one either! I finished this one a long time ago, sewed the buttons on rather shoddily (necessitating re-sewing them on!) and wore it a few times before we hit a warm spell. Judging by the weather today though, I might get a few more wears out of it!

    258.365 - out and about

    (Sorry for the crappy lighting – taken at night!)

    Top Down Sweatercoat
    Pattern: my own design; hopefully forthcoming in the fall!
    Needles: 8mm
    Yarn: Cascade 220 Heathers in 2 colours, held doubled; 8 skeins total

    This one is top-down, circular yoked. It went surprisingly fast considering the length, but the bulky gauge made for quick knitting! The front bands are short-rowed so that they’re wider in the skirt portion of the coat.

    A better idea of the actual colour:

    sweatercoat neckline

    It’s raining and cool again today, so maybe I’ll wear it out! I need to get to Ikea to buy a new desk chair :) Any recommendations?

    Other new knits on and off the needles…

    new sweater

    Socks that Rock Mediumweight in “rose quartz”.

    And I’ve got a new mini shawl pattern in the works!

    blocking

    Mmmmm, deep blue Handmaiden Casbah.

  • slipped stitch cardigan

    You know what? I think I finished this cardigan, stuck the photo up on Ravelry but neglected to post about it here!

    265.365 - slip stitch ridge cardigan

    Slipped Stitch Cardigan (which still needs a proper name)

    Pattern: my own; forthcoming
    Yarn: Cascade 220 Heathers, 6 skeins
    Needles: 4mm

    Notes: This is a bottom-up, circular yoked cardigan with lots of shaping and a round neck. The knitting was pretty easy, although figuring out how to decrease for the yoke took a but of doing!

    I’m working on the pattern now – it’s all written, but needs to be edited and formatted, and I need some new photos too! So I’m hoping to have it up in a few weeks.

    I’m almost done a new project that’s been on my needles for awhile but has been resisting completion – I’ve had to rip and reknit portions several times! I think I’m almost there though.

    the koigu struggle

    Koigu and garter stitch. Is there anything better?

  • a return to the needles

    Thanks for all the sweet concerned comments! Luckily I didn’t have too bad a reaction, took some Advil and the swelling went down overnight. Today was a rainy day, I stayed in and worked on various things, including the switch/reorganization/weeding out of winter to summer clothes, and did my taxes. Sadly I’m not getting anything, but neither do I owe. So it could be worse! (I am getting the GST credit, though – and that’s over $300!)

    The other day I had the crazy idea that I could knit something new for Maryland, and I’m trucking along:

    new mdsw project?

    Jo Sharp Silkroad DK tweed – makes a really lovely fabric and is nice and light! I just might need a little something in the morning and evening, the way the forecast is looking.

    As for the new wheel, no photos yet – I had a bit of an allergy attack to it due to it coming from a cat home (I never thought I was all that sensitive before, but it might be getting worse) and it’s in a bit of quarantine after a wipe-down. Any ideas for de-allergen-ing a wheel?