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Knitting and other yarn carfts - Yarn making & use: spin, dye, knit, weave etc.
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Posted by Samantha Hill - remove TRASH t on August 3, 2008, 8:42 pm
I finally finished my sweater -- that is, one
totally-knit-but-never-sewn-together pair of baby blue jeans, two
ponchos, two pairs of legwarmers, and three crocheted string bags (about
the only thing I can crochet) later. It's that gansey style made with a
double strand of worsted weight, one black and one tan. Fits perfectly
*blissful sigh*. All I need to do is weave the ends in, but at least I
can put it back in my room and not have to leave it in the living room
for it to stare reproachfully at me. I ought to go back and see how
long it has taken me to get to this point. At least it will be ready
for cold weather.
Next items on knitting agenda:
1. Take the sweater down to the post office after business hours (so
nobody stares at me for weighing something I am not going to mail) and
find out how much yarn it took to make it so I can write it in my notes.
2. Weigh the balls I made from tying together yard-long pieces of scrap
yarn in an orderly fashion and see if there is any hope of making
another sweater from them -- this time a jacket, not a pullover.
Otherwise I have to make a poncho. I have three graduated shades of
beige/tan/brown to double-strand it with to make a sort of striped
background on the scrap-yarn balls.
3. Get up the courage to try a pair of socks (worsted weight first) now
that I know the legwarmers I made fit me really well and can just add
the foot part of the sock onto them.
Of course, these may need to take a back seat to the sewing agenda for a
little bit should my job interview pan out. But it feels WONDERFUL to
have finished that sweater. I thought I would never be able to do it.
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Posted by on August 3, 2008, 11:07 pm
SAMANTHA
C O N G R A T U L A T I O NS ,
On the finnished sweater and that it fits and YES YES start another
one in a Different pattern
HURRAY
Also congrats on all those other items ,,, you are a real proffesional
knitter now
[esp with some projects not finnished, which is a proffseional
must]
> items on knitting agenda:
> 1. =A0 =A0 =A0Take the sweater down to the post office after business hou=
rs (so
> nobody stares at me for weighing something I am not going to mail) and
> find out how much yarn it took to make it so I can write it in my notes.
Yeah i have done this at times ,,, !!!
>
> 2. =A0 =A0 =A0Weigh the balls I made from tying together yard-long pieces=
of scrap
> yarn in an orderly fashion and see if there is any hope of making
> another sweater from them -- this time a jacket, not a pullover.
When joining threads for a project , Don`t knot them , just knit or
crochet old thread`s few cm end together with few cm of begining of
new thread !!!!
Maybe you have enough for a vest [ sleevelss sweater ] Vests are
very useful and
always in fashion .
You also might knit it on the side and thus get the stripes [ of the
different colors length ways ,,
if you need a pattern ,, ,,,,, you know where to ask !!!!
mirjam
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Posted by Samantha Hill - remove TRASH t on August 3, 2008, 11:39 pm
Oops -- forgot one. The Three-season cardigan here:
http://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/patternFinder.fcgi?language=&store=%2Fstores%2Flionbrand&search=1&searchText=3-season+sweater&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=search
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Posted by on August 4, 2008, 12:39 am
On Aug 4, 6:39=A0am, Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply
> Oops -- forgot one. =A0The Three-season cardigan here:
>
> http://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/patternFinder.fcgi?language=3D&store=3D%=
...
Very Very nice !!!!!
mirjam
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Posted by on August 3, 2008, 11:18 pm
Ps ,,,,,, maybe you have enough threads for a Moebious ,,,
mirjam
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