Pattern: My own Size: 34" bust, 42" at bottom hem, 18" total length, 7.5" sleeves Yarn: Habu Wool Roving A-81 1/6 (100 percent undyed wool; 186 yds per oz) Yardage: About 2,000 yards, held double Sources: KPixie; Purl Soho Needles: US 5 (3.75 mm) and US 6 (4.00 mm) Knit Picks Harmony circular needles Gauge: [...]
Archives for Button Collection
Nearly There
I have (finally!) finished all the knitting on the Kinari cardigan, and this morning I figured out how I want to do the button closures. I extend my deep appreciation to Ysolda, who has posted a very good tutorial with photos on how to make sewn button loops. I modified her instructions to make this [...]
Second Time Around
After feeling stalled out for a few weeks, I’m making visible progress again on the Kinari cardigan. I’ve finished up the body edging for the second time, and this morning I started the second sleeve. When I tried the partial cardigan on yesterday, it looked much more like my sketch than it had the first [...]
Light and Shadow
The Kinari cardigan continues to require a great deal of patience. As you can see here, I have finished a sleeve, and lo, it is glorious. But the part of the picture that’s in shadow isn’t going so well. I did finish knitting the body. It took a week to do the edging: because the [...]
Patience
The Kinari cardigan has reached a tough stage. Progress seems slow, the sweater is all scrunched up on the needles, and I’m having periods of doubt about some of my decisions. Will it be too wide at the bottom? I don’t own anything swingy, maybe for good reason. Will the bright white of the buttons [...]
Kinari Introduction
I’m someone who can’t manage to keep a white shirt long without staining it. Come to think of it, I don’t actually own a white T-shirt (long- or short-sleeved) at present, probably for this very reason. Thus, the fact that I’m designing an all-white wool cardigan should be understood as an indication that my practical [...]