Archives for March 2004
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
I received my Rowan Summer Tweed Collection a few days ago and the more I look at it, the more I love it. I love every pattern in that book. Not that I will make every one (I couldn’t wear every one), but I love it none the less. I have decided that once I finish my Sigma Tank, homespun afghan and about 1/2 of my country afghan, I will be making chamomile. The design is so me, I know I will love it when I put it on.
My husband wants me to make something with teeny stitches, like Arabella in Rowan #35. I’m not sure I like Arabella, so I have to find something else to make in size 2-3 needles.
I’m about 1/2 way up my tank and I’m trying to join the yarn seamlessly so you can’t tell that it was joined. So far not working, but I’m trying. I’ve already broken it back to the join so I could try again. I wasn’t happy with the holes it left. If I have to, I’ll grab some scrap yarn and keep trying till I get it, then go back to my tank. I think once I get up to the armholes, it will go pretty fast and since right now, it’s straight knitting in the round, it’s going pretty quickly, if I could just figure out how to join the yarn right.
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Sunday, March 28, 2004
I’m working steady on my tank, except for where I’m joining the yarn…the stitches don’t look right and it looks like there is gaps in the stitches. I’m trying to use the method in the Vogue Knitting Quick Reference Guide on joining a new yarn, but for some reason it just isn’t coming out…even though it makes complete sense. I’ll get more practice shortly as I’m coming to the end of this ball of yarn, it was a small one as I had to break the yarn where there was a knot in it. But I hope it gets better. So far I’m not liking those areas of my project.
I guess it comes with practice, but if anyone has any advice on how to make it work, please feel free to share your wisdom and experience. Oh yeah, I’m looking forward to the next issue of Knitty which will be out in a few weeks.
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Monday, March 22, 2004
So as promised here is a photo (or two) of my sigma progress for spring fling. I really enjoy this yarn and I know I’ll be using for something else in the future. I chose the color not because it was in the pattern, but when I was looking at colors at the yarn shop I liked that color best. It is just coincidence that it is very similar. I didn’t even have the pattern with me and I went in looking for yarn for a different project (knitty’s sonnet), but there wasn’t enough of that particular color, so I took what I thought I would need for the tank.
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Monday, March 22, 2004
I will have more new projects to work on soon. I broke down and bought the Rowan Summer Tweed Collection. I just love all the patterns in it and it has mostly beginner patterns. Now I just need to finish some of my current projects so I can try my hand at a few in the book. With a mix of tanks and sweaters, I should be able to knit these patterns well into the fall season. I just hope with practice I can become a faster knitter, so that it doesn’t take ages for me to finish something. :) I’m really wanting to make chamomile. It looks so comfy for early fall. And Ginger would be fabulous for summer. Ai yai yai! I need to hurry up and get knitting. LOL! My husband would love it if I wore Honey with nothing underneath like the model. Heehee. Maybe he won’t complain about my spending all that money for yarn if I show him that. :D
Pictures of my spring fling progress will be up tonight, hopefully.
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Sunday, March 21, 2004
I’ve made some good progress on my tank. I’m about 3.5-4 inches into the body. It’s done in the round till the armholes, so that makes it somewhat easy. I’m liking it a lot, but I just hope I have enough yarn. I’ve already started the second ball and I have 7 balls approximately 108 yards each. It should be enough, but I really have no idea. Only time will tell. Pictures to come when I feel more up to it. I’m exhausted and drained from our emergency trip to Florida. Dad is okay. See my journal for more info. Hopefully the doctor will give him the clear to travel within the next week or two and they will be able to go home.
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