

OK, so polar bears live at the North Pole, penguins at the South Pole. Who cares?
(Thankfully, Caroline looks happier in it than the cat did.)


OK, so polar bears live at the North Pole, penguins at the South Pole. Who cares?
(Thankfully, Caroline looks happier in it than the cat did.)
Tags: baby, polar bear, suit
Apr 11
Posted by TessM in PL: Provence Baby Cardigan, Playing Lessons | No Comments

Here we are in the home stretch of this project! and if I say it myself, it is coming out darned cute! Can't wait to see how it comes out for anyone else. Please do share your version of this project in the comments!
Continue reading "Provence Baby Cardigan, Part 5 – finishing"
Apr 5
Posted by TessM in PL: Provence Baby Cardigan, Playing Lessons | No Comments
OK, here we are with a cute little sweater body, ready to start on the sleeves. Oh, but first we need to do a little… MATH..jpg)
Or, you could decide it was supposed to be a vest all along. I believe I *just about* got the whole body out of one skein of yarn, too, so if you make it a little shorter and edge it in something else… let me know how that works out for ya, k?
Mar 29
Posted by TessM in PL: Provence Baby Cardigan, Playing Lessons | No Comments
OK, we are up to the armhole shaping, yes? (Yes, I know that, more correctly, the bits that sleeves get sewn into are are called armscyes. I am not so pretentious as to need to use unusual words to show how much I know.)
Continue reading "Provence Baby Cardigan, Part 3 – a discussion of armholes"
Mar 22
Posted by TessM in It's All About the Blog, PL: Provence Baby Cardigan, Playing Lessons | 5 Comments
OK, so time to start knitting!
Since I'm going to knit the body in one piece, first thing is to add up the number of sts for the back and both fronts. The second size says, 60 sts for the back and 28 apiece for the fronts. Adding those up in my head, plus two edge sts, gives me 120 total.
Continue reading "Provence Baby Cardigan, Part 2 – getting started, edge stitches, lace pattern"
Mar 19
Posted by TessM in PL: Provence Baby Cardigan, Playing Lessons | 4 Comments
Last week I wrote about how I was frustrated with not getting much actual knitting done, and why that has been the case.
So today, we put the money where the mouth is, so to speak, and I have a new "Playing Lessons" project to share with you!
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