sweaters, shawls, and jeans
Each Wednesday I post little snippets about the projects Iām working on.
You can see all of the Wednesday posts here.
So I didn’t manage to completely finish two sweaters this week, which was my very relaxed “goal” from last week, but I did make a lot of progress.
If you follow my on instagram, you saw the massive pile of ends that I had to weave in on my Versio sweater, as well as my experiments with different colors of cording for the hems.
I ended up going with yellow and blue cording, now the sweater just needs to be washed, blocked, photographed, and worn. Yay!
My (hopefully perfect) transitional sweater has sleeves (!) and I have the zipper.
So now it’s just another pile of ends to weave in, before I can wash it, block it, insert the zipper and wear it!!!
I also started super basic black pullover out of a lace weight. It’s a nightmare to knit, but I know that I’ll get an amazing amount of wear out of it. So for now, I’m just trusting the process.
My shawl is about a repeat and a half away from being done!
I want jeans like there’s no tomorrow, but right now sweater knitting is coming first. I know that with tights and socks, I can wear my skirts for a couple more months without any problems, but I know that if I don’t get some sweaters done I’m going to hate myself in a week or two. Damn it self-made wardrobe! š
I wonder if I could finish knitting two sweaters this week.
Each Wednesday I post little snippets about the projects Iām working on.
You can see all of the Wednesday posts here.
I finished the hood of my Versio sweater! That’s a close up of the three needle bind off. I just need to weave in all the ends, make some cording, and block it before it’s wearable.
My lace shawl knit out of Julie Asselin’s lovely “Merletto” is sailing along with a little help from rewatching Downton Abbey.
It’s definitely fall here. Crisp and cool, and desperately making me want a pair of jeans, and a pile of sweaters.
So, I picked up and started knitting an ancient unfinished sweater (from my pile of many). It got a hood, and an amazing number of ends, added to it this week.
Then I ripped out the bind off at the bottom hem, so I could add ribbing.
I’m adding a 4 x 1 ribbing, by dropping down the stitch that I want to make a purl stitch, and then picking it back up with a crochet hook. It’s not fast, but it’s faster than reknitting half a sweater.
It needs sleeves, a zipper, ends woven in, and a washing before it’s done.
Soon, hopefully. I wonder if I could finish knitting two sweaters this week…
an almost finished sweater, and an experiment in sewing jeans
Each Wednesday I post little snippets about the projects Iām working on.
You can see all of the Wednesday posts here.
I finished the body and sleeves of my Versio sweater the other day, and started on the hood last night. Maybe I can finish the hood in a day or two?
My first experiment sewing jeans happened last Thursday.
The conclusion: it could have gone (a lot) worse.
And that’s what I’ve been working on knitting & sewing wise.
There’s been some writing – about sweaters that morph as you’re knitting them, and asking what mistakes you can live with.
Some editing – The Self-Made Wardrobe Project page got an update, and so did the about page.
Some thinking – I’m working on a wrap up post for the first month of the self-made wardrobe, but the words that say what I’m trying to say are proving somewhat elusive.
But mostly, I’m hoping to finish up the hood of my sweater so I can come back to knitting my lace shawl, and some of my old sweater works in progress.
Ā (I’m still amazed that I have 5 sweaters in progress… how the hell did that happen?)
