February 12, 2007
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Finished Object Parade!
I’ve been slacking on the knit-blogging lately. Here’s a parade of finished objects for you to enjoy. It’s picture-heavy, so my apologies to those of you without a broadband connection…
Spicey’s ‘Britney Spears’ Sweater:
The finished sweater, and all the ends I had to weave in, most of which promptly came unwoven once we put it on her and it stretched out. Does anyone have a solution to that? It drives me nuts! I weave in the end, stretch the fabric, and then try to find a good balance, but when it gets stretched again, the end inevitably pops out. I know you’re not supposed to knot them, but I think that I will on Chloe’s sweater just so the dumb thing doesn’t fall apart. (They are dogs, after all…)
Pattern: Penny from Knitty, which is decent, but ran really small. There should be a lot more knitted after the leg holes. I also don’t think the way the selvedges are written is very clear, but I think I figured it out by the end, and will just do it my normal way on the next one.
Yarn: Berroco Touche`, which I highly recommend. It’s a soft, non-itchy cotton blend, which is machine washable!Purses for the Deeds Sisters:
I sucked it up as a knit-blogger and didn’t get pictures of the actual finished objects, so here are the most complete pix I have. The first two are from Amberley’s clutch purse. The first shows the stitch pretty well, the second is more accurate on the color. Take the second, fold it in half, sew in a black satin lining, add a snap, and voila! A clutch! The last is the two sides of Britta’s being blocked. Add a black seed stich gusset between the two sides, and black pleather strap, and voila, a bag!
Pattern 1: My own design, basically a rectangle of standard ‘clutch’ size, done in Stitch 47 (Float Stitch Blocks) from Vogue’s Stitchionary Volume 1.
Yarn 1: Universal Yarn’s Bellagio. Decent yarn that looks black mostly, but shimmers copper. I have a lot left over that I’m not sure what to use it for.
Pattern 2: Berroco’s Brea Bag. Honestly, it’s a lot cuter in the pattern picture than real life. If I made it again, I’d use a more earthy-toned yarn and ditch the gusset that joins the front and back, opting instead to just sew them together. I’d also probably use a single strand of yarn, or two strands of a thin yarn, and a smaller needle size.
Yarn 2: Lion Brand’s Lion Wool. A good yarn, although it stained my needles teal. It didn’t run during blocking though, so that’s good. Again, I’d use a thinner, smoother yarn (but probably still a wool or wool blend) if I made it again.Jackie’s Christmas Scarf:
You may remember a post about this scarf a looong time ago. I finally finished it (last ends woven in on the plane!) and brought it to her when I visited two weekends ago. It’s not designed to be the warmest scarf ever, but hopefully one of the cutest ones!
Pattern: A modification of an extended twin rib dishcloth from a pattern-a-day calendar I got last year. Comment if you want the pattern and I’ll go look it up for you. (I’m a little lazy today, can you tell?)
Yarn: PaintBox. The first skein was amazing! The second was the worst yarn I’ve ever knit with. It was spun so poorly, it kept tearing apart as I was knitting, and I don’t knit extremely tightly by any means! I probably weaved (wove? Sherry?) in 30-40 ends from where it broke. That’s why the scarf took so dang long, because the second half of it was miserable to knit.Charlotte’s Odessa Hat
I finally made Odessa and I loved it! The pattern is great (I would expect nothing less from Grumperina) and tons of fun to knit. Simple enough that you don’t need to look at the pattern until you get to the decreases, but interesting enough that the hat never got tedious. Love it, and have already purchased yarn (in Kansas, whoop!) to make one for myself. This one went to the lovely Charlotte R., who has received the package, thus I can finally post the pictures – outside, stitch detail, and inside!
Pattern: Odessa, written by Grumperina for Magknits
Yarn: Plymouth’s Dreambaby DK, a nice yarn because it’s microfiber (so non-irritating and machine washable!), but not very stretchy.The hat was so cute, I couldn’t resist modeling it real quick:
I hope you enjoyed the parade! Hopefully I will blog soon about the t.u. game and my trip to Nebraska! But first, homework and test and grading to do!
