Florence is finished, and she’s just lovely! We had our ups and downs, to be sure, but I’m glad that I persisted. Florence from the side Florence from the front A close-up of the neckline A clingier picture, with side-vents visible Thanks to David for the pictures. He has the patience of a saint! Pattern: [...]
Archives for July 2007
Stripes and Bikes
Is it possible to take an interesting picture of a sleeve? I am not so sure. Here are two attempts: Frances sleeve, take 1 Frances sleeve, take 2 “Frances” is what I’m calling this sweater now. I gave up on “Wine-Dark Sea Pullover.” Too flowery for me, and too many words. I have reverted instead [...]
Becalmed
Thank you for your many compliments on the Florence progress pictures! I ought to have finished it by now, but instead I started something altogether different. For lack of a better name, I’m calling it my “wine-dark sea” pullover. Because of the dark blue and the wine-y brown. And because of the nautical stripes. Please [...]
Florence Photos
On Friday, I finished the back of Florence. The Habu Cotton Gima is quite wrinky before it’s washed. Here, you can see unblocked wrinkly stitches above and blocked stitches below. After I grafted front and back together, I pinned the whole thing out to determine what size it is. Then I machine washed and dried [...]
Two Pink Updates
Thanks for the ideas and questions about the turtle sweater. My explanation perhaps lacked clarity, but no matter, because I tried something and it seems to have worked. Here is Leona, modeling the new and improved (but not yet put back together) version of the sweater: Leona says, “The hood is nice and capacious!” What [...]
Turtle Rescue Mission
Once upon a time, I knit a sweater with a turtle on it for little baby Gwendolyn. I used Mission Falls 1824 Cotton, and I made up the intarsia pattern myself. When I finished it, I was a little concerned that the head opening was too small, but given that Gwen wasn’t exactly born yet, [...]
Finished Object: Oreo Oriel Socks
Thanks for all the nice comments about the final Florence post! I’m happy to have been able to provide a little closure for all of us. Over the weekend, David and I went to Iowa for my cousin’s wedding reception and to help install a floor at my aunt’s house. The traveling gave me the [...]
Finished Pattern: Dappled
My baby set pattern went on sale today in Sanguine Gryphon’s Etsy shop! Here are a few of my informal shots of the cardigan and hat set, with Leona as model: In my initial design of the pattern, I knit a prototype version of the sweater in white, pink, and brown. I called it my [...]