Onward
Whew! What a week! :) I still haven't blocked my shawl, but I am getting my blocking wires out right after I write this.
I've been working on my orange sweater, but not getting much time to do that. Here it is after I did a three needle bind-off on the shoulders:
I decided to knit the mock turtle while thinking about the sleeves. You see, I hate sewing in sleeves. Really, I hate sewing knitted pieces together at all, so I have been knitting it in the round. Here I have marked the neckline off in sections and am picking up stitches:
And here it is ready to knit the collar, using a modified magic loop that I saw over on the Rainey Sisters blog. I love it! You don't have to knit across the cable. :)
I did decide to knit the sleeves from the armhole down. They are shaped, so I have spent a lot of time musing on how best to accomplish this feat. I came up with my plan and was telling my friend Therese, who immediately said, "Oh! I have a bunch of notes on doing that. I'll send them to you." And all I could think was "Duh! Why do I always have to go re-inventing the wheel?!" I then checked my copy of "Knitting from the Top" by the amazing Barbara Walker, and lo and behold, I had "un-vented" her method. Oh, well! Nice to know it works! ;)
Next: short-rowed sleeves for people who hate sewing pieces together.
Now about that shawl....
I've been working on my orange sweater, but not getting much time to do that. Here it is after I did a three needle bind-off on the shoulders:
I decided to knit the mock turtle while thinking about the sleeves. You see, I hate sewing in sleeves. Really, I hate sewing knitted pieces together at all, so I have been knitting it in the round. Here I have marked the neckline off in sections and am picking up stitches:
And here it is ready to knit the collar, using a modified magic loop that I saw over on the Rainey Sisters blog. I love it! You don't have to knit across the cable. :)
I did decide to knit the sleeves from the armhole down. They are shaped, so I have spent a lot of time musing on how best to accomplish this feat. I came up with my plan and was telling my friend Therese, who immediately said, "Oh! I have a bunch of notes on doing that. I'll send them to you." And all I could think was "Duh! Why do I always have to go re-inventing the wheel?!" I then checked my copy of "Knitting from the Top" by the amazing Barbara Walker, and lo and behold, I had "un-vented" her method. Oh, well! Nice to know it works! ;)
Next: short-rowed sleeves for people who hate sewing pieces together.
Now about that shawl....
Labels: the orange sweater
posted by Romi at 3:31 PM
7 Comments:
I like that sweater! Did you take any pictures of the collar?
Wow that looks nice, what size circs are you using? I'll check back to see what/how in the heck short row sleeves work. Short row heels I understand :) Nice work -
Adam
You're sweater is going to be fabulous! I love the color. :)
There I was about to tell you to check out the Barbara Walker book...it really does work too! Yeah for ORANGE!
That sweater color is gorgeous. I can't wait to see the whole thing!
Your orange sweater is going to be absolutely beautiful Rosemary. Will you post a photo when you get it done ...for all to see!!
This looks absolutely amazing! What a beautiful pattern, and I so love the colour of the yarn you're using! Like you, I absolutely detest sewing knitted garments together - so what could be better than knitting in the round? ;)
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