Table of contents for Friday Guinea Pigs: TDVNR Knitalong
For about half of the "Magnificent 7 Guinea Pigs" group, one of the big fit issues was how to fit a sweater for a generous bust without it becoming a gunny sack.
For about half of the "Magnificent 7 Guinea Pigs" group, one of the big fit issues was how to fit a sweater for a generous bust without it becoming a gunny sack.
Continue reading "Short-Row Bust Darts"
Tags: bust dart, raglan, short rows
Feb 25
Posted by TessM in Classes, FO Files, Fashion, Style & Fit | 2 Comments
OK, I admit it’s been a couple of weeks, and I still have not fixed the collar on my top-down V-neck raglan from the Friday group class knit-along. Part of that is due to a whole lot of teaching going on, and part of that is due to another sock pattern I am designing for my friend Deb of Fearless Fibers… you’ll hear more about that later.
Continue reading "More Great Guinea Pigs"
Tags: raglan
Feb 12
Posted by TessM in Classes, FO Files, Fashion, Style & Fit | 1 Comment
The top-down rust raglan that I knit for the Friday Group Class knit-along was finished last Friday (or so I thought).
I picked up around the neckline and knit simple K2, P2 for a polo style collar. (Turns out that isn’t going to work so well — but more about that in a minute.)
Continue reading "One TWO Successful Guinea Pigs!"
Tags: raglan
Dec 17
Posted by TessM in Fashion, Style & Fit, It's All About Me, Not Knitting | 3 Comments
Here is what it looks like from my office window and my backyard these days:



And here is the yoke to my top-down raglan sweater so far.

With all this snow, and everything being cancelled, you might think I’d have gotten a bit more knitting done, wouldn’t you?
Continue reading "Let It Snow"
Tags: DH, machine knitting, mohair, raglan, rodarte, snow, stash
Dec 11
Posted by TessM in Classes, Fashion, Style & Fit | 2 Comments
It fits!

Wow, does it fit!
These may be the very least baggy armholes I have ever knit for myself.
And — lest you think this is some kind of freak accident that was bound to happen someday if I just kept knitting long enough — looky, it pretty much matches the sweater I was trying to copy.
Continue reading "This Is Why It’s Gonna Snow in Portland"
Tags: raglan
As anyone who has been reading lately knows, the Friday Group class regulars decided that they wanted to do a top-down raglan sweater, knit-along style.
Only thing is, they are all different shapes and sizes — being that they are human beings and all.
Aug 16
Posted by TessM in Events, FO Files, Project Management, Sox Therapy | 2 Comments
Yes, you may well have been questioning why there is a total of 12 UFO's on my UFOlympic "decathlon" list. (Actually, there are 13, because I had to add one UFO #0 that I forgot about when making the original list.) But it's a good thing.
Continue reading "UFOlympics: the eighth and ninth events"
Tags: bind off, heels, raglan, short rows, socks