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…
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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…
PL: Wrap Cardigan
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: …
PL: Wrap Cardigan
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…
PL: Wrap Cardigan
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.…