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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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Yeah, I’m enjoying this ‘art’ thing.
Presenting 'Lies I Tell Myself About Knitting’, eight bald-faced lies I should know better than to believe by now. Low-res version posted above to deter reposts, but higher quality prints are available from my Redbubble here.
Tell me, dear Reader - what’s your biggest knitting lie?
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Pair of socks I’m working on, a Christmas present for my stepmother. I’ve been storing this limited edition yarn from Trailing Clouds for awhile, but you know - it makes no one happy stashed away.
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Girls got skils.
I designed a sweater pattern forDaruma! It was so much fun and the yarn was beautiful to knit with. They took some amazing photos of the finished sweater!
The pattern is on Ravelry
I also highly recommend Genmou (the yarn featured here) and Geek (a super cool yarn that I hope to knit with soon)
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Custom Snake Sleeve Sweater finished!
The colors in person make this one so tempting to keep :)
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I try to learn something new with each project. This time I’m knitting the sleeves simultaneously… Not sure if I like this method, but it was worth a try.
Making a watermelon hat for the GF’s sister.
How are the color choices?
Question time.
Is there any functional difference between winding two yarns together in the cake, vs having two separate cakes?
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.)
Ok everyone.
Opinion time.
There are a lot of incredible shawl patterns out there, snowy owl, treasure island, papillon, etc.
And I’m honestly kind of jealous.
Is there any rule out there that says men can’t wear shawls?
(Ok. Maybe not for me, but still.)
I mean, look at these.
Well.
Have officially burnt myself out with knitting.
Don’t know if it’s my parents demanding speed and perfection from everything.
My mom demanding things for people, or her sheer fucking stupidity about…well… literally everything.
My dad’s attitude about the fact I knit, or his “why make it when you can buy it” remarks to…every single thing I enjoy.(reloading, bullet casting, baking, knitting, etc.)
Or just me being stressed about something I have no reason to be stressed about.
Regardless.
If anyone has tips on working past burnout I’d appreciate it.
Otherwise, I’ll start posting about knitting again when I get back in the groove.
Maybe I’ll post the profiteroles I make in a few weeks. Who knows…
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!
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).
Second (and last) weekend of the NYC Yarn Crawl is upon us, so I popped down to West Village Knit & Needle to pick up a few circs and this squishy yarn.
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!
A week ago, this new design idea wasn’t even an inkling of an idea in my imagination … now it’s a new cast-on and all I want to knit!
