My beautiful sweater is finished, and it took less than three months! That's not to shabby at all for a fingering weight garment. I was really paranoid about how it was going to grow when I blocked it, but it worked out fine. It's a little bigger than I would like but it isn't so... Continue Reading →
After yesterday's cuff trouble I set this down for a bit and didn't do too much on it. I did, however, get the cuff started correctly. Now I just have a dozen rounds or so of plain ribbing before I'm done. If nothing else goes wrong I should definitely have this finished over the weekend!
Well I guess it was bound to happen eventually. I was getting so close to being done, but ended up having to rip back pretty much everything I did today, all because of the split cuff. It is a very pretty detail, with a tiny bit of overlap right at the split. Yesterday I struggled... Continue Reading →
It is amazing how fast the sleeves feel when you switch from two-at-a-time to only working on one. I got everything done except the bind-off. There was one tricky spot where there is some overlap for the split cuff, but otherwise everything went very smoothly. My plan is to wait until I get the other... Continue Reading →
I didn't post yesterday due to the holiday, but I did get some major progress done on my sweater over the weekend. The bottom hem is completely done, and I am mostly finished with the sleeves as well. All that is left now is the cuffs of the sleeves. I really enjoyed the split hem... Continue Reading →
A major milestone has been reached! I started the bind-off for this half of the hem. I tried on the sweater and it is plenty long, so I decided to go with a 2" rib instead of 3". Now I just have to somehow get through the tubular bind-off without dying of boredom. Then knit... Continue Reading →
The problem with swapping back and forth between two very large projects is that sometimes you can go days before it looks like you've made much progress on either of them. I did at least finish with another colorway on this section. Now that I have three separate pieces all progressing at different rates I... Continue Reading →
I didn't meet my goal from last week, and I'm still working on the same set of feathers. My sweater has been a bigger priority for me lately. I have still be knitting on this a little bit though. The plan right now is for this to become my "main project" after I finish my... Continue Reading →
The end is in sight, sort-of! I haven't spent much time on this today but I did get some of the ribbing started. It is a little deceptive because there's a split hem, so I've only done this ribbing on the back half of the sweater so far. It still means I'm in the home... Continue Reading →
I'm at the short rows!! I finished colorway number 19 and tried everything on. It turns out that the length was plenty for my taste. In fact, I'm a little concerned now about the sweater growing when blocked. I still decided to do the short rows in the back, mostly because I've never done short... Continue Reading →
I didn't get any more work done on my wingspan this week, but that just means I made a lot of progress on this sweater. According to my notes I should be pausing after I finish the current colorway to try it on again and see how much more length is needed. There's not a... Continue Reading →
I was trying really hard not to start any new projects for a bit, but this one happened out of necessity. I had a dentist appointment and needed a small project I could work on in the waiting room. My sweater and shawl are both way too big and complicated to take out of the... Continue Reading →
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