Thanks for all your enthusiastic comments about Slim! It’s wonderful to get positive feedback from other knitters. I’ve been busy working through a list of things I wanted to get done before we leave town on December 24. In addition to baking and mailing fifteen pound cakes, among other things, I have finally finished writing [...]
Archives for Adventures of Florence
Finished Object: Slim
Pattern: My own Size: 35″ bust, 14.5″ to underarm on body, 14″ shoulder to shoulder, 18″ to underarm on sleeve, 8″ armscye Yarn: Beaverslide Dry Goods Light Sportweight (90 percent Beaverslide merino wool, 10 percent kid mohair; 440 yds per 4 oz hank), three skeins of Mink Heather and one skein of Chokecherry Heather Yardage: [...]
Faithful
I’ve finished the back of the herringbone sweater. That makes three pieces down and one piece to go. Here they are all laid out: It’s a funny sort of accomplishment, finishing the third piece of a sweater. It’s satisfying, but it’s also something of a letdown, since you can’t do much of anything with three [...]
Lucky
I’m back from Vermont, where David and I had a smashing time with my family. There was a lot of this kind of thing: The view in Stockbridge, Vermont and of this kind of thing: My brother James and me, climbing a hill somewhere What with all the beautiful scenery, the old homes and churches [...]
Meet Florence
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: [...]
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, [...]