My First Sweater for Someone Else

I love cables and my husband, so hopefully together it'll be a perfect fit!

One sleeve done, now I must decide which part to do next.

Wrap It Up

Yo, here's my latest - I'm still here going full tilt into Summer Solstice ! ! !

Woohooooooooo!

The pattern for this is on Ravelry under my projects (Profaknitty)

School's Out and I'm Knitting

Here is the Old Man Sweater I finished over Spring Break. It's large, shapeless, and still in need of buttons, but it's exactly what I imagined. Knitted in three pieces (Sleeve, sleeve, body/collar) out of double strands of rough spun silk on size 10 needles.

This is an extreme modification of a pattern because I couldn't find a pattern for the picture in my head. It is roughly based on the Kyle sweater patter at knittinghelp.com which I can't find anymore. That pattern was a pullover in 5 pieces. I wanted a cardigan and knitted the shawl collar as I progressed.



This is the Koolhaas hat pattern from Jarred Flood of BrooklynTweed.blogspot.com.

As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to knit it. After I started knitting, I thought it would certainly look better in a solid color (as all of Flood's examples are) and decided that all the little cables may be more trouble than they're worth. It's made from Swoon brand, I think it's silk and cotton, size 6 and 8 needles, switching to size 7 dpns in mid-decrease. (I thought I was buying size 8 dpns, realized when I went to use them they were 8 inch size 10 dpns and pulled out the 7s.)

My friend Paddy had knitted this one and gave me the heads up of how to do it without a cable needle, which certainly helped reduce the tediousness.

Both projects look better in person, because I'm NOT a photographer. I'll bring the hat to the stitch and bitch Wednesday to show it off.

Now I'm still avoiding Sarah's socks, drooling over a Meg Swansen book of knitting patterns, and struggling through my first attempt at intarsia.

In progress or to get to:

A fringed nut bag because Steve killed the most bunnies.
Sarah's Socks
Tammy's Pick Pocket (birthday present)
A Tumbling Blocks intarsia Kaffe sweater
An easy Vogue sweater project with Cat.

Whassup?

Currently working on Queen Anne's Lace circular shawl. (About 50 lines to go.)

Tammy's Pick Pocket

Sarah's Socks

Finished the Old Man Sweater except for buttons (and may add pockets)

Spring has Sprung

I finished my 'Old Man Sweater.'

I'll post a picture sometime, I promise. No buttons on it yet, and maybe I'll add pockets in the future.

Right now, I'm working on the circular shawl 'Queen Anne's Lace.' I'm on row 97 of 160. And because the circumfrance keeps growing, it takes longer and longer to complete a row the closer I get to the end. Ugh.

I have lots of knit projects in my head to start next, but I'm feeling REALLY GUILTY about not finishing Sarah's socks. So, I think, if I were to act responsibly, I'll finish those next.

Anyhoo, I'm still here.

OH! I dropped by the local stitch and bitch at Martin's the last two Thursday evenings. These ladies are very nice. I love being able to peruse their work and the books they bring and chat with other knitters.

I'm still looking for some guy knitters in the area - and the opportunity to sit and knit with the boys.

Okay, off to class. Ciao!

Old ManSweater

I'm working on an Old Man Sweater right now and second sleeve is mocking me.

Just as I did last year, I started a sweater during Winter break from school. Then school started up for Spring and my knitting takes a back seat to schoolbooks. Grrrr.

I'd finished up the first sleeve, started the second sleeve still connected to the spools, and started the body on a big ball.

The big ball ran out, and I can't continue the body until I finish the sleeve that's on the spools.

I take my knitting with me to school or work or the H&R Block thinking I'll have a few minutes somewhere to knit a row, but NOOoooo. I feel guilty and start to read something, or the bar is too busy, or the tax office didn't have the expected interminable wait. (Yay?)

So the sleeve sits in the knitting bag, watching, and waiting, and taunting.

If I get a chance I'll take a picture for the blog.

The original pattern is for a shawl collar pullover in five pieces. What I'm attempting is a shawl collar cardigan in three pieces.

K2TOG!

Holiday Knitting Complete

OKAY! My holiday knitting is DONE! All that's left on my started-not-finished list of knitting is Sarah's socks and my doubleknit thingy.


Hurray ! ! ! The gloves are done. It took a lot longer to do the fleece lining than I thought it would. Of course, I was making it up as I went along. Next time would be faster I guess.

72 stitches, sport weight, #4 circular needles ( I think ) barely allows my fat hands to fit, so the dainty lady hands for whom they were made should work fine.

The white, purple and lavender virgin wool came from Paula's stash thinning.



This one got a WONDERFUL reaction from the recipient. You can't tell from the photo, but the drape of this scarf is FABULOUS. It's all rayon and came from the stash gift box from the generous knitter ladies.

Fat needles, thin rayon, in the round gives it a meshy pliability and double thickness. I don't know how many stitches because I allowed the color pattern to repeat before joining the circle so that the colors would pool as they did.