3 posts tagged “cardigan”
At last, I made something for ME to wear:
(Please ignore the fact I'm wearing my yoga togs under the sweater. Yes, I have a shocking pink sports bra.)
Yarn: Duo by Järbo Garn, 1.9 skeins (approximately 650 yards)
Size: 42"
Pattern: Raglan V-neck cardigan from The Handy Book of Sweater Patterns by Ann Budd
Satisfaction with end result: LOVE LOVE LOVE!
It turned out exactly the way I wanted, and I couldn't be more pleased. In fact, it's so perfect, I may wear it to church tomorrow!
In a previous blog entry, I mentioned something about having too many unfinished objects (UFOs). Here they are, in order from earliest start date.....
One should always have a spare baby blanket on hand; at least, that's my belief. One never knows when someone in one's circle of acquaintances/friends/family members is going to procreate. Although I'm getting to the age where it's now the children of my acquaintances/friends/family members who are doing the procreating. But I digress.
I started this blankie on August 17, 2008. Thus far, I have finished the three squares seen below:
At least they're blocked. And only 9 more to go...
On August 23, 2008, I had the bright (?) idea to lead a crochet-along for this adorable crocheted Pomeranian. Didn't have too many followers, so my leadership skills are questionable. Especially since my version of this project stalled right at its assembly stage. Yes, I finished all the pieces by September 6, and then it sat there. And sat there. And sat there some more. Today I officially put it into hibernation on Ravelry, and offer you this photo of a dead project:
After all this time, the poor Pom is still in pieces, and I seem to
have lost not only one of its legs, but also my interest in finishing
the thing. I still have plenty of the yarn left over, though, and I may
re-make the leg and actually assemble the poor benighted misshapen creature, or just
start the project all over again. Someday. Maybe. But don't count on it.
And then there's the Petunia Tote from Interweave Knits Spring 2007 issue. I cast on for this sweet shoulder bag October 16, 2008, with the intention of giving it to one of my sisters-in-law for Christmas. Obviously, that didn't happen.
The knitting bit is done; the bag is blocked; the lining is almost finished...All I need to do to is add a pie-shaped wedge to the lining to make it fit correctly inside the bag, and sew it in. By hand. Now, I am no stranger to a whip stitch, but I don't like handsewing anything, unless it's decorative, like embroidery for embellishment. And so the bag sits there on the project table. Waiting patiently. *sigh*
Spouse's Treads socks were begun on December 17, 2008. They were also supposed to be a Christmas present, but weren't anywhere near finished on Christmas Day. I wrapped up the two balls of yarn along with the two or three inches of cuff then accomplished and presented that to him instead, with the promise that I would get them done as quickly as possible. The project went along smoothly enough: I finished the looooong cuffs, knitted the heel flaps, turned the heels, and then the damn socks misbehaved.
Spouse asked me about them the other day. I told him they were in timeout. "Because they were bad?" he asked, incredulously. "Yes, they were bad and I'm mad at them. Although I'm much less so than I was, and they may be allowed out of timeout very soon." He shook his head in that way of his which indicates: "It's a good thing I love you, because you're certifiable and no one else would put up with this sort of nonsense."
On December 30, I was so sick of knitting knitting knitting all those blasted Christmas presents that I desperately craved a crochet hook. Did I pick up that baby blanket again, or finish the Pom? Nooooo. I started the Cable Rerun blanket from Crochet Today!'s Sept/Oct 2008 issue, using my beloved Bernat Berella 4.
I've actually made decent progress: three of the five strips required are finished and the fourth strip is well on its way. I have high hopes this will be finished in the not too distant future.
On January 20, 2009, I was ready to pick up knitting needles again and cast on the Duo Cardigan, so named after the yarn (from Jarbo Garn). The pattern is improvised from Ann Budd's Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns, with a seed stitch border and plain stockinette stitch for the body and sleeves, the better to show off the self-striping colorway.
The bottom half of the body is done, and one sleeve is partially done. So we're making reasonable progress. This is the project I've been spending the most time on recently. Easy mindless stockinette stitch: no thinking required.
And finally, on February 3, I added one more project to the list: A shawl. No, not for me. I'm not a shawl person, remember? For a friend.
I'm sort of winging this one without a pattern, and I think I might have made it too wide. If I run out of yarn, I'll know I made it too wide and have to frog it and start over. Let's hope I don't run out of yarn.
Seven. Unfinished. Objects. I've told myself I have to finish four of them (the shawl, the cardigan, the socks, and the afghan) before I start anything new.
I don't know if I can do that. That stashed Mirasol Cotanani has been calling my name for quite a while now, and it's getting louder...
Hmm. Knitting eyelet isn't nearly the ordeal I thought it would be. Before I started, I read the little section on yarn-overs in Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Knitting (the most useful knitting resource book I own).
If you don't have a your own copy, it's worth the $25.00 to get one new if you can't find one on half.com like I did. Anyway, I've gone several rounds on the yoke of Jordan's cardigan, and it looks pretty good, if I do say so myself.
Yoke over one shoulder
Yoke and right front (sideways view)
Just for grins, this is an upside-down shot of the right front showing my valiant attempt at seed stitch.
A few more rows of eyelet, and then I'll make my first buttonhole. What a learning experience this little project has turned into!
