Since returning from Vermont, in addition to completing the Nine-to-Five Socks and making the XOXO Baby Socks, I’ve also finished up a couple old projects that have been lying around making me feel guilty. First, I managed to reseam and weave in all the ends on the turtle sweater (explanatory backstory is here and here), [...]
Archives for Reconstruction
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: Thelma Sweater
A close-up of the finished Thelma sweater The Thelma sweater in action It fits well! Pattern: Source unknown, though I have a feeling that Grandma made it up as a way of using up leftovers. Huge thanks to Emilee, who pointed out that the lace pattern looked like Hedera, thereby saving me a lot of [...]
Sleeve, Glorious Sleeve
Though no one has exactly been clamoring for an update (“Ruth, how did the Rowan Denim tank do in the wash? Ruth, Ruth, tell us more about your grandma’s sweater!), I will pretend that you have, because it suits me. So, first things first, the linen-stitch baby tank survived the wash beautifully. It is cute [...]
Grafting Lace
I’ve really been wanting to write a new post, but until today, I had nothing of interest to report. As of this afternoon, however, I have finished the Clementine Shawlette. It still needs a good blocking, but in the meantime I can at least offer a few not-so-fantastic photographs and a mini-tutorial on grafting courtesy [...]
Where Things Stand
Thanks for all the comments on my knitting mystery! I also got some great advice from folks on the Knittyboard. Here is what I now know: The Afghan The afghan is hairpin lace crochet. It was constructed of individual strips that were created using a crochet hook and a hairpin lace tool. Each strip has [...]
A Knitting Mystery
An interesting package arrived today from my Aunt Cathy. It contains two unfinished projects begun by my grandma before she stopped knitting. The first is this cream sweater: The unfinished cream sweater And the second is this afghan in browns and teal: The unfinished mystery afghan Ideally, I’d like to figure out how to finish [...]
Everything Old Is New Again
The first thing I ever knit was a sweater. Well, okay, I practiced casting on, knitting and purling, and then frogging for a few days before I began the sweater. But the first knitted object I made was a sweater. Why not start with something smaller and less complicated? My reasoning was simple: What I [...]