May 2009 Archives
A sweater! Can you believe it? This one. So far I have two sleeves. Trust me, the other one looks exactly the same.
The yarn is Green Mountain Spinnery Mountain Mohair in the colour Mesa. After turning Norma's Marta into this pile of yarngetti on the drive down to the New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival, I just had to have some for myself.
I started with the sleeves so that I could ponder what to do about the button bands on the main body of the sweater. As written, the pattern has you keep 8 stitches at each edge in garter stitch for the button bands. But the cabled portion of the sweater and the garter stitch yoke are knit on 5.5 mm needles and 5 mm needles respectively. And the garter stitch row gauge is different from the reverse stockinette row gauge, of course, so I can't help but think that this will mean a button band that is all stretched out vertically on the lower portion, and a different width on the upper portion by virtue of the smaller needle size.
I think I will cast on 14 fewer stitches for the body and pick up and knit the button bands and collar afterward (no hood, please). What say you, oh knowledgeable ones?
Continue reading Movin' to Montana Nova Scotia soon....
I have looked through my uploaded photos since my last entry and this is all I found that was knitting- or spinning-related:
January - an oversized tam adopted by my niece Chloe. It was knit from beautiful Belfast Mini Mills wool.
February - a pair of merino sock feet unraveled due to holes after only a few weeks wear. One has been reknit and the other is in progress.
March - my first Baby Surprise Jacket, knit for my co-worker Karine. It fit baby Alexandre perfectly! The hat is Cisco, but without stripes and an accidentally simplified stitch pattern. The yarn is Gedifra Fashion Trend Sportivo.
April - I finally spun up these little poofs I bought when I was in Vermont last September.
I know there was more knitting, but I don't have pictures. Anyway, I have big news but I am really tired so it will have to wait for tomorrow.
January - an oversized tam adopted by my niece Chloe. It was knit from beautiful Belfast Mini Mills wool.
February - a pair of merino sock feet unraveled due to holes after only a few weeks wear. One has been reknit and the other is in progress.
March - my first Baby Surprise Jacket, knit for my co-worker Karine. It fit baby Alexandre perfectly! The hat is Cisco, but without stripes and an accidentally simplified stitch pattern. The yarn is Gedifra Fashion Trend Sportivo.
April - I finally spun up these little poofs I bought when I was in Vermont last September.
I know there was more knitting, but I don't have pictures. Anyway, I have big news but I am really tired so it will have to wait for tomorrow.
