Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
Jun 11 2009
This morning I finished up the second sleeve of Hey Teach, which means all the body pieces are now DONE!
Top: all finished pieces (L), sleeves (R)Bottom: front pieces (L), back piece (R)
Next step is to wash and block the pieces. I haven’t had a whole lot of experience blocking things. Only one sweater I ever [...]
Jun 09 2009
This weekend I had Matt take some pictures of Decimal for me so I can do up the full FO report.
Pattern: Decimal (My Ravelry project page.)
Started: March 19, 2009
Completed: May 31, 2009
Yarn: Elann Lara, color 335 Algiers Teal, 9 skeins
Needles: US 4 Addi circulars, 32″ Lace Addi’s and 16″ regular Addi’s
Notes: I knit the 49″ [...]
Jun 05 2009
Last night after getting home from work, I measured Decimal in width and length. It measured 20 inches across and 17.5 inches from under the arm to the bottom of the sweater. I nervously went down to the washer, put in soap, dropped in Decimal…
… and waited. It takes 35 minutes for the washer to [...]
Jun 04 2009
Tuesday evening after I got home from work, Decimal seemed pretty dry so I decided to try it on. It was still a little bit damp, but I figured I would at least get a good idea of the fit. I had been afraid that it might be too long after I saw how big [...]
Jun 02 2009
Sunday night I finished up the last bit of knitting on Decimal and weaved in the three ends I had once I was done. Yep, I only had THREE ends to weave in! I was pretty excited about that. I knit in all the ends as I went so that I wouldn’t have to weave [...]
