Archive for the ‘Sweater’ Category

Since my last post, many things have happened.  First, I quit my job.  I got a very good offer at another company, and after much soul-searching, and career planning, I decided to take it.  Today is my last day here.  (sadness)

 

However, since I was leaving, I had to make sure that I lived up to my promise of making a hat for a co-worker who has been very supportive of all my knitting adventures.  He is very happy with it, and even likes to wear it inside out sometimes!

From Hats

From Hats

 

I also finally got around to making the fishie hat to go with my butterfly hat.  Unfortunately, it didn’t come out as big as I had anticipated (largely due to me strangling the yarn in the back, creating ‘waves’ on the front)

From Hats

From Hats

From Hats

 

I now only have two things on the needles, and both are big.  One is the train scarf that, because it is a scarf, NEVER ENDS!  I am almost halfway done with the second (and final) passenger car, then I need to do the caboose, then I’m DONE!  (although I’m not sure that will ever happen…)

From Train Scarf

From Train Scarf

 

I also put my sweater back on the needles.  The length wasn’t right, and I have PLENTY of yarn left over, so I’m going to keep at it until I run out of yarn.

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Jason has asked for fingerless mitts, so I think that will be my next ‘travel’ project… we’ll see!

So I had all kinds of good intentions with blogging about this sweater.  There were all kinds of “entertaining” pitfalls, tangles, dropped stitches, new techniques, etc.

From Fun with Sweaters

Like this lovely knot that loved to visit every time I pulled the knitting out!

 

Or like when I forgot to do an increase for the shoulder, and had to rip back two rows of stitches, and then pick them all up… yeah, that sucked… but the picture didn’t really show what truly happened, and by the time I was near a computer again, the pain had receded, and I was excited to be near the sleeves.

From Fun with Sweaters

The stars show the increase stitches. See the missing star? No you don’t… because it’s MISSING!

 

Then I was going to show off what the sweater looked like when the sleeves were separated… but I was so excited to have made so much progress, I just kept on going.

 

Then I was going to show what two skeins of yarn looked like in partial-sweater form… but I was so excited, I kept knitting…

 

Then I was going to blog about how important edging was… to avoid curling… with the added bonus of how to do icord edging… but before I knew what was going on, I was almost a third of the way through the edging…

From Fun with Sweaters

 

From Fun with Sweaters

And then all of the sudden, I woke up, the sweater was done, and I was wearing it to work!

From Fun with Sweaters

 

How do these things happen?

 

All in all, I have officially shoved my ‘never make a sweater’ foot in my mouth… and I can’t wait to start another one.  Maybe the next one will be a longer one….