The sleeves of Autumn Gold are complete and happily matching.
I ended the second sleeves with just one tiny nub of yarn left from the skein. Both sleeves knit nicely from one skein of yarn. I will have more than enough to finish this sweater based on what I have caked up.
Now I am just on the forever knitting of the body and adding the ribbed side details. So I have to pay attention on every other round. I wonder how many times I will get that wrong?
Happy Knitting!!
My knitting plans are absolutely out of sync with my actual time available to knit. I have now a fourth sweater that I am putting in my wishful knitting category.
This time it is the Cozy Classic Raglan by Jessie Maed Designs. I have five skeins of a grey tweed DK from my a 2020 virtual yarn retreat that I went to. And DK has been my preferred yarn weight for finished garments as I am warm but not to warm. And I have not yet developed the mental stamina to do a fingering weight sweater.
I have this yarn wound, pattern printed and bag ready to go. I just need to swatch to chose final needle size. One downside of all this fit of creativity is that most of these sweater need US 7 or US 8 needles and I only have one interchangeable set and not a lot of singular fixed needles in this size.
I am torn between sourcing some additional in this size and just waiting for those needles to come open. I want to keep the mojo going but don’t want to amass too many needles, lol.
Happy Wishful Knitting!!
Duke is doing his best to derail my Autumn Gold Sweater. It’s a good thing he is super cute and very cuddly.
I was in a place where I needed more “autopilot” knitting and that is NOT this sweater body that has a section with moving increases and decreases. So I broke out the short circulars and started one of the sleeves. This is all stockinette and easy symmetric decreases that a can be counted. I made great progress on the first sleeve in my meeting!
I will probably wrap up this sleeve and go ahead and complete the second one while I am at it. That way I have a better shot at the sleeves matching and being the same length. I can count rows and make the second one identical.
I am really liking this project and the speed at which it is going. Remind me of that when I get back to working the body that has a pattern!
Happy Knitting!!
One of the tasks I accomplished at SSK was casting on the Bibliophile 2 that I was swatching. Swatch #1 was not succesful but I tried another size of needle.
My second swatch was more successful. I am within half of a stitch of the pattern gauge. My swatch was a little unconvential….but it works.
I didn’t realize the yoke of the sweater is worked flat for a minute. Not ideal, but I guess I can manage a few purl rows. In an SSK class I realized that I am a combination knitter and purl the English way. Hit me like a lightning bolt that is why my decreases lean opposite ways sometimes!
The more you know!! Happy Knitting!
The yoke eternity is over! I have officially split for sleeves on my Autumn Gold pullover!!
I have a wee bit of stockinette before I start the body patterning. I like my sweaters just a little but longer as my torso is long for my frame. So I am added some rows under the arms before the pattern. I am getting ready to finish the second ball of yarn so I don’t think yarn chicken will apply.
Therefore I think I will keep doing the body and save the sleeves for last. At least for now I may change my mind if I need a break from the body patterning and length.
Happy Knitting!!
I am finally done being annoyed with the mistakes I made on the Crown Town hat and I decided to finish the brim.
I am not sure I counted correctly as the fold doesn’t look even but on theme with this hat, I am moving on. I need to work in the round and then start the next section. I feel rebellious and I want to add the next part in colorwork instead of duplicate stitch. I mean, what else can I screw up on this hat?
Happy Knitting!!
Next up on the FO parade is my Dream State Musselburgh!
Pattern: Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague (Rav Link)
Needles: US 5s
Yarn: Knitterly Things Vesper Superwash DK in Dream State and TreasureGoddess Yarn DK Treasures in Song of the Sirens
I ended up using all of the Vesper DK and had to supplement. I don’t think it looks too bad? The whole project ended up at 118 grams or 280 yards of yarn. I would definitely call this an adult small or medium size. I just knit the stitch gauge I liked and didn’t fuss with doing Ysolda’s gauge table.
I was happier with this hat as it is DK using size 5 needles. I guess I know why I was using 7s on Siren Beanie since my 5s were in this hat! This hat too is off to the gift pile for now.
Happy Knitting!!
Home safely from DC and catching up on my FO photo and finishing touches. Today is my Siren Beanie!
Pattern: My own stockinette beanie recipe with 112 stitches
Needles: US 7s
Yarn: TreasureGoddess Yarns DK Treasures in Song of the Sirens colorway
I think I figured out why this hat is so big. I grabbed US 7s and used the stitch count for a hat I would normally make on US 5s. So hence the looser stitches and larger finished object. I used 82 grams of this DK skein which is about 225 yards of yarn.
I am going to go with “unintentional design feature”. I added my tag, wove in all my ends and added this to the gift pile.
Happy Knitting!!
First session of the last day and my Dream State Musselburgh is done! Well at least the knitting party
I had the teeniest bit of the solid maroon left. Therefore I completely used up two skeins of yarn on this trip with what I am calling zero scraps.
I had been a little worried this hat would be very shallow and therefore kids sized. But I think given how its folding that it could be an adult small to medium? I will do more precise analysis after I get home and do finishing touches.
Happy Knitting!!
Pre-conference sessions have started. And I made some additional progress on my Dream State Musselburgh.
I am glad I packed a light sweater in my bag. As hot as it is outside, it is that much over air conditioned inside!! I was literally shivering in some of the ballrooms. I am on track to finish this hat soon and I may need to wear it!
Happy Knitting!!
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