Posted: November 24th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: cascade 220, projects: saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: aran, cardigan, elizabeth zimmerman, eps, knits in progress, knitting, nakniswemo, saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, sweater | 2 Comments »
You guys have no idea how much self-control it took to not title this post “suck it, universe.” I am sort-of mostly almost done-ish! This sweater, as you probably don’t recall, involves a series of steps:
1. Knit the body.
2. Knit the first sleeve.
3. Knit the other sleeve.
4. Knit the yoke.
5. Steek.
6. Knit the button bands and collar.
And, as these pictures indicate, I have totally done the first three steps. These are the ones with all the jillions of stitches, and the infinite sheepsfold cable repeats (which I kind of love, but that’s not going to stop me from complaining about how arduous it was during my moment of near-achievement.) and most of the work. I may not actually get to steeking this sweater before NaKniSweMo officially closes, but if I can get to the steek by then, I think I’ll feel like I’ve finished, anyway.
Song of the Entry: High School Musical – We’re All In This Together
Posted: November 20th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: cascade 220, projects: saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: aran, knits in progress, knitting, meg swansen, nakniswemo, saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, sweater | No Comments »
As if a week could go by without another progress report on my NaKniSweMo. I have officially achieved one entire sleeve. (People keep saying stuff like “ooh, sleeves go so quickly!” This is a bunch of dirty lies. They go quickly relative to the sweater body, but not quickly in general. This is a difficult concept to get my head around.) That’s one out of two finished sleeves, which means I still need to knit Sleeve 2 and the yoke and then steek it and pick up the button band, and. . .basically, I am half-resigned to not finishing it exactly in November. That is no longer the point.
The point is, the weather outside is frightful, and I’d like something warm and sheepy and cable-y to keep me warm, like, yesterday.
(Well. The point is also that there are lots of other awesome things I want to knit and can’t start until I finish this sweater, but that is a post for another day.)
Song of the Entry: Snow Patrol – Hands Open
Posted: November 13th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: cascade 220, projects: saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: eps, knitting, meg swansen, nakniswemo, photography, saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, sleeve, sweaters | 1 Comment »
One of these things is not like the other.
I’ve finally – finally – finished the body of my NaKniSweMo sweater, and am starting in on the sleeves. The way this cardigan is constructed, I knit the body and sleeves separately in the round, join them together for the yoke (that is the shoulder-bit of the sweater, non-knitters) and do something interesting and magical that turns it into a sweater. I. . .have not really read that far ahead in the pattern yet, as I prefer to focus on the here and now when I’m working on a big project. And the here and now, in this case, is sleeves.
Well, just one sleeve for now, but whatever. I find it exciting.
Song of the Entry: Taylor Swift – Forever & Always
