just keep swimming
Posted: March 28th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: projects: sesame (olympic sweater 2.0), sweaters, tanis fiber arts green label, things i knit, things I spin, yarn i use | Tags: cardigans, fleece artist, handknit, knitting, roving, sesame cardigan, singles, spinning, stripes, sweaters | 2 Comments »I’ve been busy lately, as I’m sure you all can tell by the relatively sparse posting, but things are slowly getting done as I chip away at my ongoing projects.
My roving is now entirely singles, and I’m so proud of them it is a little embarrassing.
The sweater is progressing, as well, and I don’t want to speak too soon, but I think this iteration is turning out a little better than the last one. I sat down and blocked all of the pieces after I’d finished the first sleeve, because I’d been fretting that this sweater would bloom on blocking just as unexpectedly as the last one did. But after sewing everything together, I’m much more confident that this one will fit the way I’d like it to. Making it has been a pretty cool learning experience for me.
Spinning is fun! I (un)fortunately now have a fibre stash that is beginning to rival my yarn stash.
And I lurve the blue yarn in that sweater. I’m sewing the pocket on G’s sweater and blocking this afternoon. I may need to reposition the buttons. But yay for completing something!
ooh, it’s all looking good!! fingers crossed that your sweater turns out flawlessly perfect in every way.