Every now and then, I swatch something that doesn’t work out, but I want to keep a record of what I did and spread the swatch love with others. Thus, my first Swatch Feature is born! Twin rib and stockinette stitch swatch in Habu Wool Roving A-81, doubled The twin rib pattern is taken from [...]
Archives for January 2008
Halfway to Tokyo
I finished the first half of the Tokyo top on Friday and got it blocked. As the end approached, I grew increasingly concerned about the size: I had calculated that the top was going to grow quite a bit when I blocked it, since that’s what my swatches had done, but the finished piece was [...]
Finished Object: Fana Pullover
I duplicate-stitched like a mad thing over the weekend, and Sunday night I managed to finish the Fana pullover. I felt pretty lukewarm about this sweater right up until I started putting the snowflakes on it, and then I started to love it. Now that it’s done and I’ve been wearing it for three days [...]
Coming Along
I had hoped to be finished with my Fana pullover by now, but the week kind of got away from me. I had a bunch of meetings to go to, and I started reading a book that totally sucked me in, so I didn’t get too much knitting done. I did manage to complete the [...]
On Hold
I managed to finish the body of the Fana pullover on Tuesday, and yesterday I blocked it and sewed and cut the steeks. Fana pullover, steeked and seamed at the shoulders I was a little nervous about this stage, and not just because it involved cutting my knitting. No, I was nervous because I had [...]
Growing on Me
The Fana pullover grew by leaps and bounds over the weekend. About 18″ of the Fana body At first, I wasn’t sure how I managed to knit so much in so short a time, and my previous faith that knitting in pieces is just as fast as knitting in the round was somewhat shaken. Then [...]
What I Did on My Christmas Vacation
I’m back from a few days in Mount Shasta, California, where I did some cross-country skiing, and from nearly a week in Klamath Falls, Oregon, where my parents live. I love Klamath Falls. How can you not love a place that looks like this in the winter? A view of Klamath Lake from the end [...]