Posted: September 8th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: malabrigo, projects: featherweight cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: blue, crafty, featherweight cardigan, knits in progress, knitting, malabrigo, malabrigo lace | 1 Comment »
Just in case you all thought I’d forgotten about this (“this” being, of course, my Featherweight Cardigan), I have not. It’s been with me to three different provinces and countless knit nights, and I doubt it’s any exaggeration to say that it’s the bane of my knitting existence right now. If it wasn’t for the fact that I really, really, really wanted the sweater this is going to be, I’d probably have quit weeks ago.
Mostly, the issue I’m having is that laceweight is – I don’t know if you guys know this – really little yarn. The 4mm needles mean I’m progressing, and I’m actually pretty close to most of the way done, which is exciting. (I have to finish that second sleeve, and then pick up and knit the collar.) But it still feels like this sweater is taking me years.
The next project I start is going to be made from bulky weight yarn with massive needles. Whatever.
Song of the Entry: Great Big Sea – Trois Navires de Ble (Listen)
Posted: August 11th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: malabrigo, projects: featherweight cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: blue, crafty, featherweight cardigan, handknit, knit, knits in progress, knitting, malabrigo, malabrigo lace, sweaters | 1 Comment »
Finally. The body is done.
(Well – it’s not actually done, I still have to pick up 124080 neckline stitches and knit that, but I’m repressing for now.)
This doesn’t look like that much knitting, but it took forever to finish – laceweight yarn on 4mm needles feels phenomenal, and it’s knitting up into the most beautiful, gauzy fabric, but that took me a solid month to get through. (I have knit full-sized cabled aran cardigans in that amount of time. That is very slow.)
However, the point is not that. The point is that the body is done, and now I get to start the next big adventure for this sweater: the sleeves.
Song of the Entry: Miley Cyrus – Party in the USA (Listen)
Posted: July 18th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: malabrigo, projects: featherweight cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: blue, crafty, featherweight cardigan, handmade, knit, knitting, malabrigo, malabrigo lace, omg seriously blue, sweaters | 2 Comments »
I’m going to talk about this project, first, even though my socks are far closer to being done, because is is much, much, much prettier.
This is my Malabrigo Lace, being knit up into a Featherweight Cardigan. I’d like to modify this a little bit – I’m thinking maybe a hood, and definitely long sleeves with thumb-holes, because I am nothing if not predictable in my dream sweaters.
I wish photos did this justice, but they really can’t – the stitches look big, because I’m working it on 4mm needles (which is what I use for a “normal” sweater), but because the yarn is laceweight it’s working up into this light, fluffy, gauzy fabric that I honestly want to just rub against my cheek, it’s so soft.
Song of the Entry: Hannah Montana – Ice Cream Freeze (Let’s Chill) (Listen)
