Category: IMAGINE

Inspiration & Ideas

Wrap Cardigan, Part 5 – let’s hear it for the sleeves

Well, you can’t say I haven’t been keeping you in suspense!  It’s been a month since the last post on the wrap cardigan:  and against all expectations, I’ve made a fair amount of progress. We have sleeves!  (They actually go down to about 3/4 length so far, but none of the pictures that showed the full sleeves…

The Coolest Thing I Ever Knit

The other day I realized I am into my 5th year of what I still think of as my “new career”:  teaching knitting, writing patterns, and perhaps most importantly, not being a corporate slave. During that time, I’ve met and taught a whole bunch of knitters.  I can’t honestly say that I remember all of them…

Wrap Cardigan, Part 4 – in which we fix some things

Warning!  Parts of this post are verrrrrry graphic and may be disturbing! Where we left off:  I had knitted the back to the underarms, the fronts to the underarms, joined ’em up, and worked my way down to the waistline.  And I was rejoicing over the fit of the armholes. OK, now for the bad news: …

Wrap Cardigan, Part 3 – let’s get this party started

Well, an update on the stupid wrap cardigan is loooong overdue. Last post, it was late at night and I had just used the wrong size needles to restart the upper back.  Remember?  I sure do. I had re-swatched on a size 4 needle to try to get a bit firmer fabric, because after steaming, the size-6-needle-fabric…

Wrap Cardigan, Part 2 – whoops, I did it again

I really shouldn’t be allowed to knit late at night. When I left off last time, I was trying to convince myself that I didn’t have to start the wrap cardigan over, that the upper back was not too wide.  OK, OK, I knew deep down that it was, but I didn’t want to hear it.…