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It is finished in time for Fall!
Actually got a sweater off the needles!
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1 success, 2 in progress
Success in electronics and progress in knitting.
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Blanket shirt: Done! -ish
The trim is on, the closures are on, I declare this shirt done enough for now. Yay! I have a detachable hood to sew and I have a bit of trim left, so I may do more, but I am happy with this. Note to self: brush off lint before taking photos. Oh well. This is a project that Mom and I found in the bottom of a cedar chest. I started this farmer’s shirt for my sister when she was still young. Never finished, and now it fits none of us. Cool shirt, hard to get fabric, it needs to get done. It will fit someone someday. And, heck…
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Whew! and more
Fourth time’s the charm. It fits, looks decent, and I’m wearing it now. Working on a name. I’m thinking Jane Jetson Got Cold. With all the ridgy bits it reminds me of her outfits. That or Never Again. If I wing one again it will be top down. This was…arduous. The next “Whew”, or perhaps “Thank the gods!” is my lightsaber. I haven’t been able to upload video to here, but it lights up, makes noise, and absolutely delights me! Oh, and the problem I was having where it Just. Would. Not. Work? Would it surprise you that it was a very simple, should have been obvious thing I was…
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As March winds down
A slow end to March
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Ya know that sweater I’m working on?
A certain lack of success, and an exciting new project.
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I thought I’d be reporting a defeat, but…
A weeks worth of assorted projects.
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February, oh February
February is where winter starts to feel very…long. We have a blizzard warning tonight. I see continued crafting in my future. So what am I working on? Re-knitting a sweater and a blanket that will be quite the bit of exuberance by the time I’m done. When I knit this the first time, I just kinda winged it. Sad to say it did not go well for me. So, yesterday I got up the gumption to unravel it. I got a book, “Strange Brew” by Tin Can Knits, and it has a nice formula for knitting a top-up Icelandic-style sweater. We will see how round 2 goes. 2 colors of…
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My Magnum Opus and what I’m learning
This sweater is a challenge, both technically, and for the persistence it will take to finish it. It is, for now, my magnum opus. I am making progress, and I am figuring things out–I think. There is puckering in the lower color section. That section uses a stranded background with intarsia color blocks. My challenge has been to figure out how to prevent the puckering as a color doubles back on itself. Typical intarsia has you wrapping the two adjacent colors as they head off in their separate directions, thus holding them in place. If the background color is stranded, that doesn’t work. The lower arrow shows where the pucker happens,…
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A knitting challenge–Accepted!
A friend suggested/challenged us to do a project this year that would challenge us. I’ve had the yarn collected for an amazing Rowan for a while, but, well, was waiting for the conditions to be perfect to start. You know, lose 20 lbs, finish absolutely everything else first, that sort of perfections. The kind that will really never happen. So, I have begun. I am doing Maple from Rowan #50. There will be challenges. Intarsia and stranded, 1 million loose ends, and tiny needles. Wish me luck!
