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lace knitting

1
Oct
2014

two sweaters and a shawl

Each Wednesday I post little snippets about the projects I’m working on.
You can see all of the Wednesday posts here.


knitted lace shawl

I’m working on the last two rows of my lace shawl!!! Working with Julie Asselin’s “merletto” was absolutely amazing as always, I can’t wait to work with it again.

knitting while watching tv

My boring black sweater is moving along with some help from “Downton Abbey.” I know that I’m going to love wearing it, I just hope knitting the sleeves isn’t too awful.

sweater blocking

My Versio sweater is blocking! Yay! I can’t wait to clip all the ends, thread the cording, and start wearing it!

 

24
Sep
2014

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.

blue and yellow cording - made with yarn

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!

sweater and zipper

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!!!

knitting

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.

lace knitting

My shawl is about a repeat and a half away from being done!

seam ripping

And I ripped out some of the seams of my experimental jeans so that I could futz with the fit of the pattern. Sad face. 

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! 🙂

 

17
Sep
2014

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.


colorful knitting

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.

knitting

My lace shawl knit out of Julie Asselin’s lovely “Merletto” is sailing along with a little help from rewatching Downton Abbey.

blue NYC sky

It’s definitely fall here. Crisp and cool, and desperately making me want a pair of jeans, and a pile of sweaters.

ends to weave in

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.

ribbed knitting

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…