For the swatch I cast on around 37 stitches and commenced knitting. My idea is to knit the body side to side which of course will result in a vertical stripe. I turned the swatch sideways to look at it. Hmmmmmm....the stripes will be much narrower due to the number of stitches I will have to have on the needle. The sleeves will have wider stripes, once again a result of the stitch count.
Once the swatch dries I will be able to take measurements and armed with my trusty calculator I will start to write the pattern. I have a couple of ideas I would like to use: invisible cast on, 3 needle cast off, grafting (Kitchener Stitch), short rows and of course I will use "EPS" for a good fit. I was reading in one blog how it would be convenient if sweater designers would tell you what size the sample sweater was and the size of model wearing said sample. Sounds like a damn good idea to me. I will take this into consideration when I am finished. Get back to you later..... Meanwhile back to the pink lace! ~Mum
Friday, September 19, 2008
The body may be weak but the mind never quits knitting....
While I was laying in a codeine/morphine/gravol haze my brain was busy thinking...knitting, of course. I have 6 balls or 2280 meters of Jawool 49% wool 35%cotton 16% nylon sock yarn. I bought this deliberately for a sweater. It has been languishing, in good company, in my cedar chest. however, the more I thought about it the more I realized I did not want a horizontal stripe sweater. So the yarn was put aside. Whilst I was in the hospital and when I first came home I was too weak to do anything but recline like a damsel with the vapours. My knittin' brain was busy planning a new pattern. I have a sock yarn Henley I knit when I moved to London, we call it the "London sweater"..duh.., this jumper has a bell shaped sleeve I really really like. So it will be a given that the next sweater will have the same shaped sleeve. Good starting point.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Blogger is being very spooky.....
This is a close up "gently blocked" just so you can see the flowers.

I am having a problem editing my post so I am doing this in 2 sections..lolol. Ah... modern technology, you gotta love it.
The picture below..down there.. was taken on my favourite quilt..refer to the post HERE.... and that's my book I am reading , the "fae" one....... Hope you like the picture 'cause I am not in a hurry to move those stitches again. Yikes. (Oh sure, now it is saving the drafts as I type..silly thing)
~MuM
Queen Anne Lace row 109
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Mystery Shawl #10 Clue #1
Frustrated VOGUE Knitters

Sometimes you just have to do it yourself.
I have been trying, unsuccessfuly, to find a correct graph for the Lily Chin Lace Dress #41. There have been numerous hits on both of my blogs regarding this post so I can only assume there are other's out there looking for answers.
Vogue is enhancing their reputaion as the "Vague" magazine. I mean who wants to wait weeks and weeks for an answer that may never come. Lily's dress is beautiful and I have been waiting a year to knit it. Now I have the yarn and mistakes abound in the graphs. Lily was kind enough to answer my emails and I do appreciate her busy schedule. However, she seems to think that Vogue has posted the correct graph. Well, I checked 5 minutes ago and the only errata for this pattern is a correction on the name of the yarn used.
I also wanted to knit the side to side sweater that was featured on the front of the Summer 2008 issue, now I find this pattern has mistakes also.
So, out of desperation, I have formed a group on Ravelry "Frustrated Vogue Knitters." Yes I know the "s" is missing from the badge. I will fix that later today. I hope this will be a place of answers. Only time will tell.
~MuM
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Swatching Mystery Shawl #10
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Mystery Shawl #10 Wool

This is Spinning Bunny's Morning Mist.I wish it was as blue as it appears here but it isn't. I took this picture outside in the sun. The yarn is much greyer and at first I was disappointed. I was expecting something in shades of soft blue. I have decided to go ahead and knit it up. Who knows I might be thrilled with the outcome. I will get it wound into a ball this weekend and get my swatch knitted.
~MuM
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Reversible Pullover
Mari Lynn Patrick’s cropped pullover works two ways. Wear it as a deep V neck as shown, or flop it over to form a cropped cowlneck; either way , it’s a quick knit in Van dyck, 46% Wool, 39%Acrylic, 15% Alpaca. You can find this pattern in Vogue Knitting Winter 2005/06.
My own alteration would be to lengthen the body down to my upper thigh making it more of a bum warmer than cowlneck.
The body is worked in one piece; sleeves are picked up and knit down from the armholes.
This will make a neat addition to my sweater collection.
~Daughter #2
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Soft Focus by Vladimir Teriokhin, Vogue 2007



Saturday, August 30, 2008
Grampas Gloves
My Grandfather has bad circulation. When he said his arms and hands were like ice, I offered a pair of fingerless gloves. He couldn’t wheel the walker over fast enough to tell me a story. His father (my great-grandfather) was a carpenter and lost the ends of his fingers in an accident. He had acquired a pair of fingerless gloves, “that he wore for a good 40 years.” Sealed with a kiss and a promise I have started these simple 1x1 rib gloves, they are 100% alpaca.
I also caught the Niagara Falls rainbow, just thought I should share.

~Daughter #2
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)