Monday, February 13, 2006

Sing it with me now...isn't she looooooooovely. Love love love this sweater. As usual finishing was my waterloo and there is many a mistake hidden in the seams but still dont care 'cause I'm lovin' my sweater. As a wrap up here is some more information for you:changes made: torso lengthened about 2", pattern regauged to use a aran rather than DK weight yarnyarn: bought at HUGE discount from ebay seller 4to4Changes I'd make: This sweater would have been absolutely perfect had it been done on a size 7 needle but I blindely followed the recommended needle size on the ball band and used an 8 which gave a looser softer drape. The drape as it is now meant the collar kept rolling up esp. when I was wearing a coat, so I stitched it down using the working yarn split in half in four places aroung the collar. Don't judge me! I refuse to feel guilt for doing that. It helped the look and wearability of the sweater GREATLY, and I followed Montse Stantley's instructions for sewing knits and blocked after stitching.Problems with pattern: Almost none, best pattern I've used so far. Debbie Bliss is amazing. The only thing I can mention is 1. I think rather than knit flat the collar would have worked better knit in the round, and blocking instructions are not given yet blocking the neck is crucial for a good fit.And now I can move on to learning to do cables so I can FINALLY get the Tylorean experimenting done and swatch for my kid silk haze poncho. For those of you who are playing Leya the home game, that is right I've scrapped the original plans for the KSH as it was too similar to the other sweaters I'm doing now and can you say boring? Maybe next winter. Also for those of you asking for photos of my big tits I haven't taken any because there is nothing to show, no color change as yet just 5 inches of pinky-orange St st. By the way I have affectionately dubbed the color of nenuphar as, radio active smoked salmon pink. Actually the shade has grown on me and I'm getting used to working on such tiny needles.Ok so best google search term this week: um well they all have been so dirty they cannot be repeated in polite company so how about this one "heaps of cute kitten photos" um yeah sorry don't have any. Speaking of the sexually explicit content I've also had to ban some posters this week and last..how exciting. So to the guy who wrote "oh yeah I like knitting...I can knit you up real good baby" What the hell does that even mean?