Posted: November 30th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: cascade 220, projects: saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: aran sweaters, handknits, knits in progress, knitting, nakniswemo, saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, sweaters | No Comments »
Oh, yeah I did. That would be my sweater. My awesome, cabley NaKniSweMo sweater, DONE. I am doing rockstar hands, trust me. I steeked my sweater, which went off without a hitch, and then picked up several hundred stitches of button band (which was actually scarier – I’m notoriously impatient at picking up stitches) and knit and bound off and OMG, you guys. Sweater.
Of course, there are no buttons and it’s still blocking, so expect a proper “here is my finished knitted item” post in the near future, once I find time to go down to the yarn shop and find the Holy Grail of buttons. (Round, wooden-ish, about five or six stitches in diameter, two or four holes.) Until then, I’ll just be here, jumping up and down with excitement.
Song of the Entry: High School Musical – Breaking Free
Posted: November 29th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: cascade 220, projects: saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: aran sweaters, handknits, hats, knits in progress, knitting, nakniswemo, practice steeks, saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, steeking | 1 Comment »
I’m going to let you guys in on a secret: I am not actually scared of cutting my steeks on this sweater. (For non-knitters: I set aside stitches on the sweater I knit like a pullover, and the plan is to stabilize them, then cut up the middle to turn it into a cardigan. This is an actual knitting technique.) In fact, I am totally the opposite of scared. I can’t WAIT. I want to cut all the steeks right now, because all I can think is “SURGERY? On my KNITTING? This is the BEST THING EVER.”
(. . .I am a med student, if that makes it less weird.)
However, I am also adult enough to realize that I should take a moment to make sure I’ve got it right before I run at my sweater with a pair of scissors. Which is why I crocheted (for stability) and cut (for fun!) this practice steek last night on my swatch hat. The big steek on my sweater is all crocheted and ready to go.
This is going to be fun.
Song of the Entry: Fall Out Boy – The Take Over, The Break’s Over
Posted: November 27th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: cascade 220, projects: saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: aran sweaters, handknitting, knits in progress, knitting, nakniswemo, saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, sweaters | No Comments »
Dudes. My saddle-shoulder cardigan? Is saddled. It is yoked. It is any other adding-gear-to-beasts-of-burden term you can possibly think of. It is DONE.
Well, okay, it’s not done. It is sort of done, in the sense that all I have to do to finish it is a) learn to crochet, b) crochet the steeks, c) cut the steeks, and d) pick up and knit the button bands. Oh, and then e) buy and sew on some buttons. But WHATEVER that is basically done. And the bulk of the knitting is done, which is the really important part. I’ll just be here, resting my laurels, until I get a chance to go down to the store and pick up a crochet hook. It feels good.
Song of the Entry: Miley Cyrus – Rockstar
