Posted: April 2nd, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: projects: sesame (olympic sweater 2.0), sweaters, tanis fiber arts green label, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: cardigans, crafty, handknit, knitting, sesame sweater, stripes, sweaters, tanis fiber arts | No Comments »
This weekend is shaping up to be very disorienting. The weather here has been gorgeous – as in, perfect-midsummer-temperatures-gorgeous, and I want nothing more than to fish my sundresses out of the back of my closet and run around outside. (Well, not really – I want to sit on a patio outside drinking beer, but close enough.) Unfortunately, what I actually have to be doing is learning this.
With the help of a lot of this.
Oh, right. And I may or may not have finished something sweater-shaped that totally fits and is awesome. Maybe, if the weather ever cools off again, I’ll get a chance to wear it around, and take some better photos.
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.
Posted: March 13th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: projects: sesame (olympic sweater 2.0), sweaters, tanis fiber arts green label, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: crafty, frogging, handknit, knitting, sesame, stripes, sweaters, tanis fiber arts | No Comments »
Thanks to everyone for the advice in my last entry. I did seriously consider putting my sweater in the dryer, but I really don’t trust the machines in my building, and it just seemed like a better plan to frog and start fresh. I rewound all the yarn (but did not rewash it – life is too short), and did a lot of serious Ravelry-searching to decide where I was going to go from there.
In the end, I decided that what I needed was a new swatch (which I stretched a little this time, after washing, to try and at least get an idea of how the yarn would behave in a sweater) and a new pattern altogether.
The other issue I had with my previous sweater was that I planned it with positive ease, hoping for something cozy and a bit slouchy. Considering how much the yarn grew, this was a mistake. So, in the spirit of learning from my previous poor choices, I have new sweater pieces knit with no ease, and I’m cautiously optimistic.
