sweaters, shawls, and jeans
Each Wednesday I post little snippets about the projects I’m working on.
You can see all of the Wednesday posts here.
So I didn’t manage to completely finish two sweaters this week, which was my very relaxed “goal” from last week, but I did make a lot of progress.
If you follow my on instagram, you saw the massive pile of ends that I had to weave in on my Versio sweater, as well as my experiments with different colors of cording for the hems.
I ended up going with yellow and blue cording, now the sweater just needs to be washed, blocked, photographed, and worn. Yay!
My (hopefully perfect) transitional sweater has sleeves (!) and I have the zipper.
So now it’s just another pile of ends to weave in, before I can wash it, block it, insert the zipper and wear it!!!
I also started super basic black pullover out of a lace weight. It’s a nightmare to knit, but I know that I’ll get an amazing amount of wear out of it. So for now, I’m just trusting the process.
My shawl is about a repeat and a half away from being done!
I want jeans like there’s no tomorrow, but right now sweater knitting is coming first. I know that with tights and socks, I can wear my skirts for a couple more months without any problems, but I know that if I don’t get some sweaters done I’m going to hate myself in a week or two. Damn it self-made wardrobe! 🙂
I wonder if I could finish knitting two sweaters this week.
Each Wednesday I post little snippets about the projects I’m working on.
You can see all of the Wednesday posts here.
I finished the hood of my Versio sweater! That’s a close up of the three needle bind off. I just need to weave in all the ends, make some cording, and block it before it’s wearable.
My lace shawl knit out of Julie Asselin’s lovely “Merletto” is sailing along with a little help from rewatching Downton Abbey.
It’s definitely fall here. Crisp and cool, and desperately making me want a pair of jeans, and a pile of sweaters.
So, I picked up and started knitting an ancient unfinished sweater (from my pile of many). It got a hood, and an amazing number of ends, added to it this week.
Then I ripped out the bind off at the bottom hem, so I could add ribbing.
I’m adding a 4 x 1 ribbing, by dropping down the stitch that I want to make a purl stitch, and then picking it back up with a crochet hook. It’s not fast, but it’s faster than reknitting half a sweater.
It needs sleeves, a zipper, ends woven in, and a washing before it’s done.
Soon, hopefully. I wonder if I could finish knitting two sweaters this week…
sweater weather, rainstorms, and a sassy-tinkerbell-mug
Each Wednesday I post little snippets about the projects I’m working on.
You can see all of the Wednesday posts here.
I cut the waistband & hem band to the skirt I was working on last week, while catching up on podcasts. Then attached them Thursday morning, before wearing it for the rest of the day. You can see the finished skirt in last Friday’s Self-Made Wardrobe update.
The solo lace shawl of my needles is getting worked on, but I need to remember to set myself time to work on it. Otherwise I’d just keep knitting my sweater.
I did end up running out of the black Forest Hills yarn I’m using in my Versio sweater, and had to pick up another ball. But this time I’m remembering to wind it before trying to knit from both ends of the skein.
The beginning of fall mean the return of sweater knitting weather (yay!) and drinking tea from my sassy-Tinkerbell-mug. Although August is throwing us a swelter-y farewell, complete with rainstorms and humidity.
I love the fabric you get when you hold multiple strands of lace weight yarn together. The fabric is soft and supple, but you can use a larger needle than you normally would for lace weight yarns. It’s a technique I call for in the Xylia, Yuki, and Idril, to create interesting stockinette shawl that don’t take an age and a half to knit.
