#hand knitted
I dug out this jumper today for a yarn-based job interview and got weirdly nostalgic.
I knit this jumper in my first year of university over the course of a summer far too hot to be using aran weight yarn, and it was my go-to hoodie for most of uni. I packed it away when I moved, wrongly believing that knitted sweaters cling to my chest in the wrong way. Then I abandoned it, too worried that I’d grown out of it.
It’s a bit short in the body, but otherwise it fits perfectly, and the hood is still the most drapey, best-fitting hood on any of my clothes. Not only have I re-found my winter fave, I’ve now got the sweater-bug.
Anyone got any good recommendation for men’s/unisex cabled sweaters? I think the bulk of the cables helps cover my chest.
(Pattern is Lichen from Rowan winter collection… ‘08 maybe? I added the hood, as the original had a shawl collar.)
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I did the entire cuff with only ribbing before realizing that the cables go ALL the way up the sock , but I frogged it and took a short time-out and I’m finally finished with the cuff for real now
Girls got skils.
Making a watermelon hat for the GF’s sister.
How are the color choices?
Well.
Decided to start and finish my friends husband’s evergreen agathis hat for the ravellenics.
11.5 hours of knitting later, here we are.
(I love this color.)
Still have to weave in ends and block(yay. ) But after that my part of the coal “Sword of Gryffindor mitts” is done.
Well. Short of weaving in all 70 ends on this thing.(and adjusting dupe stitch tension)
The watermelon hat is now complete.
Well.
Being treated like a pariah at work.
And being blamed for it at home.
But at least the watermelon hat is coming along nicely.
Mitten knitathon continues!
See that gray horizontal squiggle? It will grow up to be a mitten thumb!
Tassels for tugging a hat down more snugly! - Freshly off my needles this weekend, this hat HAD to be worn today! (Pattern is Ear Cozy Hat from Purl SoHo with minor adjustments)
Another hat off my needles! (Ear Cozy Hat, a free pattern from Purl SoHo)
A palate cleanser of a knit: after having to rip back my mitten due to fit issues, I cast on a this hat in bright blue to knit for a few days before picking up the mitten again.
Happy mittens-on-my-needles Monday!
Happy Friday from layering hand-knits central!
Making pompoms feels like cutting hair, another skill that does not come naturally to me. But I watched a video by thetoole.com and feel okay about these made last night for my hand-knitted Huaraz Hat #2 (they are a quick knit, so I’m going to crank out a few for some holiday presents).
The joy of “layering season”—wearing my new Huaraz Hat (pattern by Kirsten Kapur/Through the Loops) and my Chelsea Girl Shawl (pattern by me, available on Etsy or Ravelry).
Knitting a hat in less than a week—yay! (Pompoms weren’t attached or tails woven in yet in this pic, but all done last night.)
A new cast-on for the new week (Huaraz Hat, a cable-knit design by Kirsten Kapur).
Swatching Saturday …
Guess who finished weaving in all the yarn tails and took this Fine Lines Sweater (not blocked ) out for a spin? - (Pattern is by Versaciknits.)
Happy wool love Wednesday! - Today is cool enough for me to wear my recently finished Lariat sweater (design is by Yamagara). - The narrow cable down the front and striking openwork on the back look even better in person!
And suddenly I’m in the land of sleeves!
Bind-off time (before starting the short sleeves)!
That happy knitting stage of reaching below the armholes!
