It is done, done, done! The interminable sweater is finished, just in the nick of time for My Sister’s Knitter’s Get-It-Done-KAL which finishes at the end of this month. Phew! It has been named Talisman for the magical ability it possessed in repelling the moths which held a party in the hap shawl hanging just […]
Tag: Sweaters
I am getting closer to finishing this thing. Sleeves and body are united and I am working on the yoke. I am taking it everywhere with me…sometimes just for the outing! It was my only companion on this occasion.
This is the second garment I entered at the Wool Show. I’ve called it Baby Lottie because, well, I am a desert of ideas right now. It does kind of capture the scandawegian look I was going for though. There is a lot of geekery that follows so if you don’t knit or spin, just […]
Yes, I know it is technically winter, Solstice in fact, in Melbourne but you know how crazy our weather is. Our apricot tree has only just realised that it is or was Autumn and dropped its leaves. And with the ensuing chill, the sweaters have been coming out. Our Dear Girl has been wearing the Autumn […]
Oooo a thrill for me – a pic of the last minute cardigan I knitted just before we left, has been included in the November Newsletter of Twist Collective, the publishers of the Praline cardigan pattern. Scroll down, down, down – it is the very last image. Twist Collective is an on-line publisher of patterns […]
Praline was finished the day before we left for the UK. I blocked it the night before. I have never knit so hard in my life. Thank goodness I volunteered to take my oldest and his friend to a circus workshop because that was two precious hours of knitting frenzy that made all the difference. […]
The last minute knitting frenzy continues with ten days to lift off. It is a truly lovely pattern. The stitch decreases and increases are elegantly planned, almost hidden in the clever maintenance of the birds pattern. I am keen to reach joining the sleeves to the body and see how the inset armholes are achieved. […]
With two and a half weeks to blast off – am I mad to cast on for another project? Can I possibly finish a cardigan in this time. The desire is strong. The time is short. The pattern is selected. Praline by Gudrun Johnson in the Fall 2012 edition of Twist Collective. I’ve got the […]
