tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935516991654250402024-02-07T19:36:02.800-08:00Nan KnitsNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-63115179915684400642015-01-04T13:56:00.001-08:002015-01-04T13:58:40.195-08:00EASY BABY CARDI & HATIt's been months but I have finally designed a new baby sweater and hat. This one is an easy and quick knit, worked seamlessly from the top down (the hat too). I made it in teal green and also in a nice caramel color, although it looks chocolate in the pictures. The picture of the teal one was taken with my new iPhone 6 and that picture is much clearer than the ones taken with my iPad mini. The camera on my new phone is terrific, even better than my digital camera that doesn't do anything but take pictures!<br />
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<br />Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-25509675360915515332014-10-31T11:05:00.001-07:002014-10-31T11:05:03.567-07:00A Sweater for MeI had to stop knitting for a few months because of tendinitis in my arm so there are no new baby sweater photos to share, but I need a new sweater for myself so it will be a while longer before I do any baby knitting.<div><br></div><div>I started and frogged two different sweaters for me. I didn't like the way one looked or the way the other fit. Now I am working on the February Lady Sweater pattern by Pamela Wynne and this one seems good so far. The yoke is done and I started the lace pattern that is worked on the body and lower sleeves. The yarn is Wool of the Andes worsted weight in Mink Heather from Knit Picks. I wanted a neutral color to go with everything. Here is what is done so far.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9j8YUBw84z9YjKE2TejkGDQi6eyq54w_zUe7OTViLZvFvfVNaKtwiOPSkWDiyz016U714J2a0YWkTN4RJg93Kg1ORE7ebbI4jV2r1idBXrM3jlLoYjEmLPXmdUCzEiQ9cocvBKbbFgw7E/s640/blogger-image-776769372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9j8YUBw84z9YjKE2TejkGDQi6eyq54w_zUe7OTViLZvFvfVNaKtwiOPSkWDiyz016U714J2a0YWkTN4RJg93Kg1ORE7ebbI4jV2r1idBXrM3jlLoYjEmLPXmdUCzEiQ9cocvBKbbFgw7E/s640/blogger-image-776769372.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-27616207793635042062014-05-06T15:45:00.000-07:002014-05-06T15:45:18.880-07:00ROLLED NECK PULLOVER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm still wading my way through my knitting pattern ideas. Today, I finally published this one - Rolled Neck Pullover. It's available on Ravelry and Craftsy (see the column to the far right).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one is very easy, has a round neck, is seamless and is worked top-down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy knitting!</span>Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-27054792698280163492014-04-08T16:26:00.000-07:002014-04-08T16:26:10.901-07:00Sport Weight Striped CardiI've been busy! Sunday I finished writing my pattern for the Round Collar Cardigan and today I finished writing the pattern for my Sport Weight Striped Cardi. They are both now on Ravelry and Craftsy.<br />
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Now I need to finish knitting 3 more sizes of my next design and I'll be (almost) caught up! :)<br />
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<br />Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-49482203483680494952014-04-06T15:44:00.002-07:002014-04-06T15:44:47.398-07:00Round Collar CardiganI finally blocked the Round Collar Cardigan sweaters and finished typing the pattern and putting it on Ravelry and Craftsy for sale. Somehow I got involved with designing 3 new patterns, seemingly at the same time during the past month or so.<br />
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I started one sweater, then had an idea for another and before I knew it I had 3 new designs worked out, each in only one size. I finally sat down and told myself to work on one at a time or I'd never get anything done!<br />
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My new Round Collar Cardigan pattern is now complete, in 4 sizes 0-3 mos, 3-6 mos, 6-9 mos and 9-12 mos. Whew! Typing the pattern for my striped yoke cardigan should be done in a few days, then I can finish knitting 3 more sizes for the third pattern which doesn't yet have a name.<br />
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Here's the Round Collar Cardigan. I like the Mock Cable on the front band. The holes in the cable work as buttonholes!<br />
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<br />Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-62555393003933045252014-03-07T10:25:00.000-08:002014-03-07T10:25:05.437-08:00Baby V-Neck Pullover<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have been working on 4 different baby sweater patterns, seemingly at the same time, for the past month or so, but I finally finished one yesterday and typed it out. Hooray for me! This one is the easiest of them so I really don't have any excuse for not finishing is sooner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This Baby V-Neck Pullover <span style="background-color: white;">is worked seamless from the neck down and the yoke is worked flat until it is joined at the bottom of the V-neck.The sleeves and bottom portion of the sweater are knit in the round and</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">stitches for the neck band are picked up and worked in the round also. The solid colored sweater has a cable panel worked down the center of each sleeve (directions are in the pattern), but s</span>everal of the samples were knit using stripes of alternating 3 colors for the yoke and tops of the sleeves.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> The cables on the sleeves were omitted on the striped samples.</span></div>
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Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-87210888243359418632014-01-04T12:15:00.001-08:002014-01-04T12:15:29.739-08:00My iPAD MINII received a great gift for Christmas from my Daughter and her family - an iPad Mini. I love it! I also received a red (my favorite color) Smart Cover for it to protect the screen. Because I'd like to carry it with me in my pocketbook I decided to knit a cozy for it to keep it from getting scratched by the "junk" I keep in my bag.<br />
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I've written up the pattern for the cozy and call it iPad Mini Cabled Cozy. If you'd like a copy of the pattern, it's for sale on Ravelry and Craftsy. If you click on either My designs on ravelry.com or My designs on craftsy.com on the right top area beside this blog, it will take you to my patterns.Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-58281970636243646932013-11-14T12:50:00.000-08:002013-11-14T12:50:57.620-08:00Baby Zig Zag PulloverI've completed another baby sweater pattern, called Zig Zag Pullover. I love the stitch pattern in this one. It looks complicated but is actually very easy to do because you can see the stitches easily. The zig zag seems to jump out at you. You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry or Craftsy by clicking on either link you see to the right of this blog.<br />
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<br />Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-19702362905494162142013-10-20T20:39:00.000-07:002013-10-20T20:39:43.053-07:00Baby Princess CardiganMy newest knitting pattern, Baby Princess Cardigan, knit in a sport weight yarn, is now available on ravelry.com and craftsy.com. This one was really a struggle. As I knit it, I kept changing my mind about how it should be. The first four sweaters, each one different from the others, are all different from the final ones! Several times I put the first few in time out and considered naming the pattern "The Sweater That Would Not Be Knit". LOL<br />
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My next design will be a worsted weight pullover with an all-over pattern. I've begun knitting it and so far this one is cooperating, thank goodness. :)<br />
<br />Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-12871445799870838412013-08-23T15:45:00.001-07:002013-08-23T15:45:35.954-07:00Hooded Baby JumpsuitToday I published my newest knitting pattern on Ravelry and on Craftsy. It's called Hooded Jumpsuit. It's one piece, is seamless, has raglan sleeves and is made with worsted weight yarn so it's suitable for cool weather. It's knit top-down from the ribbed neckband and the front buttoned bands go to within 1" of the crotch to make it easy to put on and take off your baby.<br />
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The hood, body and legs are knit in stockinette stitch, while the sleeves are knit in a mock rib stitch to add texture and interest. The neckband, sleeve cuffs and leg cuffs are worked in ribbing.<br />
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I love the red lady bug buttons on the blue jumpsuit and the little car buttons on the brown jumpsuit. :)<br />
<br />Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-7311577607093849992013-07-13T11:04:00.000-07:002013-07-13T11:04:52.975-07:00Easy Baby Cable PulloverA few weeks ago I was looking through my yarn stash and trying to decide what project to I felt like knitting. I really wanted to use the Knit Picks Brava worsted weight yarn in the Cornflower colorway. It's such a pretty aqua/blue color. Don't you agree? I couldn't decide on which pattern to use so I designed a new one<br />
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and called it Easy Baby Cable Pullover. If you'd like to purchase the pattern, it's for sale on Craftsy and Ravelry, clicking one of the links to the right, either My Designs on Craftsy.com or My Designs on Ravelry.com will lead you there.</div>
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Do you recognize Zeitel? My blog post of April 8th (can't believe I haven't posted since then, <i>sigh</i>) showed her with much lighter hair. I've given her a hair transplant since that last blog because her "old" hair was shedding terribly, all over my chocolate brown sofa, where she spends most of her time when she isn't modeling. </div>
Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-44654884202457119512013-04-08T11:53:00.000-07:002013-04-08T11:53:04.580-07:00Zeitel's New DressLast month, when my daughter, Colleen, came to visit, along with her husband and 4 children, she brought me a doll that she knitted for me. She stuffed it so that the dimensions would be the same as an average sized newborn. This way I can use it as a model for my baby knitting designs. The doll is well made and is absolutely adorable. Colleen finished stuffing it while she was still on the plane on the way here.<br />
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She carried the doll in a tote bag which of course had to be put on the conveyor belt to go through security at the airports. At one of them, her husband (I think it was Abe who said it) said "Zeitel, don't forget the baby". For those who don't know, that's a line from the movie Fiddler on the Roof. So now, the doll has a name - Zeitel!<br />
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Colleen ran out of time so Zeitel was bald when I received her. A good friend of mine, Jennifer, gave me lovely yarn a week ago and I finally put hair on Zeitel's head.<br />
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I also have finally finished my latest knitting pattern - Zeitel's New Dress. The pattern is for sale on Ravelry and also on Craftsy.<br />
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Isn't Zeitel cute?<br />
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<br />Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-39878544792116723822013-02-07T10:56:00.001-08:002013-02-07T11:00:45.366-08:00Esther's Choice<span style="font-family: inherit;">My friend, Esther, told me she was planning on knitting a sweater for someone who was expecting a first baby so I told Esther she could have any (or all) of my baby sweater patterns, if she liked. Her response was that she wanted the one I was currently creating. Of course. Well, at least that gave me an added incentive to finish the pattern. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The whole time I was knitting that design I had struggled with trying to decide on a name for the pattern. Now I had no further questions about it's name. It became Esther's Choice! Thanks, Es!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This sweater is knit top-down and has cable panels on either side of the front bands, down the center of each sleeve and on the sides of the body, under each arm. It also has a 2 stitch cable on each of the 4 raglan seams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I purchased the pattern, <a href="http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/product.aspx?catID=32&id=115143">Seascape Shawl</a>, and Peruvian baby lace merino yarn (50% baby alpaca, 50% fine merino) to make it, in May 2010, from <a href="http://www.elann.com/commerce.web/product.aspx?catID=30&id=118574&tid=7">elann.com</a> and began knitting it in June 2010 and knit about 4” before I got side-tracked with designing baby sweaters. I put the shawl aside and didn't start knitting it again until the first week of December 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This yarn is VERY fine - looks like cobweb lace yarn to me. I’m hoping that when the shawl is finished, I can block it to the length I want. The pattern calls for 1180 yds of lace weight with a gauge of 16 sts = 4”. My yarn ball band doesn't have any gauge stated, nor does elann.com for this yarn. I didn't do a gauge swatch before knitting - my bad! So far I still have plenty of yarn left from the first skein so I have plenty of yarn to make it bigger. The border is feather and fan stitch so if need be, I’ll just knit more rows until the shawl is the length I want.</span></div>
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Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-26916713788006285292012-11-22T13:01:00.000-08:002012-11-22T13:01:58.077-08:00Bob's Socks<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been knitting socks for years and whenever I've asked my husband if he'd like a pair, he's always said no. Until a few weeks ago. When I told Esther, one of my knitting friends that I was going to make Bob a pair of socks, his first ever hand-knit socks, she insisted that I accept 2 skeins of sock yarn from her stash. She said I'd be doing her a favor! How could I refuse? Thank you for the yarn, Esther. Bob was happy with the colors in it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I fiddled with the numbers of stitches until I finally came up with the correct cast on and a stretchy rib/seed stitch. He has a very high instep and I wanted to be sure he could get the socks on easily as I know he’d never wear them otherwise. I’m so happy they came out well and they <b>FIT </b>him!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, we’ll see if he ever wears them. His usual sock of choice is the nylon men’s dress socks.</span></div>
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Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-39140371977388131872012-11-14T14:58:00.000-08:002012-11-14T14:58:12.246-08:00SANTA HAT<span style="font-size: large;">I am a member of Bundles of Joy group on ravelry.com. BoJ is a charity group dedicated to helping needy babies and children of Pine Ridge Reservation in SD. The group decided it would be nice if all the newborns in the OB Ward on Pine Ridge had Santa hats. So I knitted a hat and have offered my pattern, "Newborn Santa Hat", for free on Ravelry. Knitted as directed, the hat will fit a newborn, but it can be made to fit a larger baby or child if you increase the cast on number of stitches by increments of 3 stitches to your required size, then follow the rest of the directions as written.</span><br />
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Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-72103631380420185482012-09-21T18:15:00.001-07:002012-09-21T18:16:48.392-07:00Knitted Smocked Baby DressI've been working on a new knitted baby dress pattern for the past few months. I ended up knitting 6 dresses because I just couldn't seem to get the dress to look the way I could see it in my mind. I finally determined that the problem was the neck band - it was way too big. It's fixed now and the pattern is complete and is finally available for sale on Craftsy <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/knitting/clothing/knitted-smocked-baby-dress/30960">http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/knitting/clothing/knitted-smocked-baby-dress/30960</a> and on Ravelry <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knitted-smocked-baby-dress">http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knitted-smocked-baby-dress</a><br />
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I created this design to resemble the Bishop hand smocked baby dresses my Mom used to sew. My dress has long sleeves and is made from sport weight yarn. A heavier yarn wouldn't drape so well. I can just picture one of these on a baby during the winter holidays. :)<br />
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<br />Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-65757095776426988912012-08-13T15:19:00.000-07:002012-08-13T15:20:03.233-07:00Teddy's Baby Pullover<br />
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About 2 years ago I made a pullover for my teen aged grandson, Teddy, and had yarn left over. When I saw the yarn in my stash one day, I decided to use it to make a baby pullover, using the same stitch I had used on the sleeves of Teddy’s sweater. That is how Teddy’s Baby Pullover came into being.</div>
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I ended up knitting 4 of them in different yarns and I love them all. The stitch used is very stretchy and my grandson was able to wear his sweater for far longer than I had expected it to fit him. Hopefully this will hold true for the babies who receive my sample sweaters. All my samples go to Pine Ridge Reservation in SD.</div>
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Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-44624744608228699472012-07-05T09:49:00.000-07:002012-07-05T09:49:58.705-07:00New Baby<br />
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I went baby shopping - baby doll that is. :) I already had 3 dolls. One is named Mini Purl because she’s preemie sized. If you’re old like me you’ll remember Minnie Pearl so you can see I took her name and changed it some. :)</div>
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The other 2 dolls are between 3 mos and 6 mos sized so I really “needed” a newborn sized doll. I found one at Toys R Us for about $22 and she’s just the right size. I took a measuring tape with me and measured her head, chest and length to be sure. I think the clerk thought I was a crazy old lady. LOL</div>
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After Toys R Us, Bob (yes he was with me when I measured the doll, but he already knew that I’m a crazy old lady) and I went to the mall to get his watch battery put in. While we were waiting for that, we sat in the chairs in the middle of the Mall and a new Mom and her 3 week old baby sat near us. My new doll was in the car so I couldn’t hold it beside the baby, but I’m pretty sure they are both the same size! The new Mom said her baby is already sleeping all night - lucky Mom!</div>
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I decided that since the doll was bought/born on the 4th of July, her name will be Julie. :) Bob says the house is getting crowded with dolls. They’re all on the sofa. LOL</div>
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I had to interrupt her TV watching to take this picture. She was watching the news with Bob. :)</div>
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<br />Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-2950693112188894842012-06-14T10:26:00.000-07:002012-06-14T10:26:00.623-07:00My Tote Bag is done, done, done!Way back in the middle of January I started to knit the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/heartland-road-trip-tote">Tote kit</a> that my daughter Colleen gave me for Christmas. The pattern was driving me crazy (see my blog posts dated February 17 and February 29) so I decided to forget it and just go ahead and knit a bag of my own design instead. After several attempts, I finally came up with a simple design, but using all 12 of the yarn colors in the kit. At first glance you don't realize how many colors are really in the finished bag.<br />
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I actually completed the knitting several months ago but kept putting off sewing the lining. Although I know how, sewing isn't my favorite craft but I'm very good at procrastinating.<br />
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I bought the lining fabric shortly after the knitting was done. While in the fabric store I spent at least 5 minutes in front of the thread display deciding on the exact right shade of thread to match the lining and bought the perfect green thread.<br />
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Yesterday I decided I'd put off lining the bag long enough, so I went to the closet to get the bag containing the lining material, thread and interfacing. When I opened the bag there was NO THREAD! Now I know I brought that thread home because I showed it to my husband, Bob, and he even remembers it! I searched the entire house yesterday, looking for that darn thread, but couldn't find it. Now, I admit, my house is not the cleanest in the world but I'm a fairly organized person, especially when it comes to my sewing and knitting supplies. I have a drawer full of thread with a variety of different shades of green but NOT the thread intended for this bag. I finally gave up the hunt and used one of the spools of green thread from the drawer. It is okay but <b>NOT </b>the one I wanted. I was afraid that if I put off sewing the lining until I got back to the fabric store for the right shade of green thread, I'd never sew the lining at all.<br />
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So, I cut out the lining, sewed 2 pockets on the inside and put the whole bag together. Here it is - finally!<br />
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<br />Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-9320915052051474442012-06-05T16:09:00.000-07:002012-06-05T16:09:19.098-07:00I'm on a roll.Since I frogged the sweater I was designing, I've been busy knitting someone else's pattern, as I said in my May 31st blog. You can see it here: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/career-check">http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/career-check</a><br />
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Last night I finished knitting the back and today I've done about 3 rows of the left front. So long as I can keep my stubborn old brain focused to remember to reverse the direction of the slanted portion of the pattern when I work on the wrong side, I'll be fine. <i>sigh </i><br />
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My preferred method of knitting sweaters is top-down and seamless but this one is knit bottom-up with the back, two fronts and sleeves each worked separately, then seamed. The neck band and front bands are worked after all the pieces are complete. I've done any number of sweaters using this method in the past so I don't foresee any difficulties with that.<br />
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It's really not a difficult pattern, that is, when you pay attention to what you're doing. Here's a look at what is complete so far.<br />
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<br /><br />Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-80320843852663515772012-05-31T20:31:00.002-07:002012-05-31T20:33:02.216-07:00If at first you don't succeed...Well, I frogged the sweater and started all over again using a pattern from Knitter's Magazine 2008 called Career Check. You can see the pattern here: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/career-check">http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/career-check</a><br />
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I'm using the same blue yarn from the sweater I frogged and here's what the pattern looks like so far:<br />
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I've actually completed about 11" of the back. This sweater is worked from the bottom up with the back, two fronts and sleeves each knitted separately, then sewn together. I knit most sweaters top down and seamless. I know many people avoid seams like the plague but I don't really mind sewing seams. Hopefully this sweater will fit me when it's finished. :)<br />
<br />Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593551699165425040.post-35478212980716877702012-05-28T21:20:00.000-07:002012-05-28T21:20:01.459-07:00Frogging - again!Well, after starting my sweater, frogging it and starting again - 5 <u style="font-weight: bold;">TIMES</u>, I worked it, starting at the neck, down to about 5" below the underarm. I tried it on and decided that I'd been knitting along in denial for a week because the darned thing is way too big for me!!! Now, I'm no tiny little person, but this thing could fit Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum together! <i>sigh</i><br />
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So, yup, I frogged the whole thing - all 3 1/2 skeins of yarn, but at least I wound it all into cakes as I frogged it. I think a big part of the problem was that the pattern was rather stretchy and I could never decide which gauge was accurate.<br />
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Now I need to do some searching through my stitch dictionary books and come up with a new design and start again. Wish me luck. :) Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610080366795248463noreply@blogger.com2