getting along

July 31, 2012 by 2 Comments

To practice my fair isle technique, I made a hat!  I’m really happy with it.  It only took 2 days to finish, which is even better.

 

 

 

I made it with some spare Berroco Vintage yarn that I just had lying around.  The pattern is my own conglomeration (I used other patterns to make it but nobody else has made this exact hat).  The fair isle pattern can be downloaded here, and the hat pattern itself can be downloaded here.  If you follow the hat pattern and CO 96 sts, the fair isle pattern matches up perfectly.  I’m really happy with it.  Unfortunately my phone camera wouldn’t quite pick up the purple color correctly — it looks almost brown in the first picture — but it is purple, and the background is light blue.

That’s all I’ve got for today, thanks for stopping by!

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a new technique

July 29, 2012 by 1 Comment

I tried fair isle knitting today for the first time!  It wasn’t as hard as I expected it to be, but I think I still need some practice.

 

I began working on the letter H because that’s what I’m going to put on the front of my Weasley Sweater since my name is Hannah.  I got bored with it though, so I quit early.  I’ve got the gist of it, and I think I’m going to do intarsia instead of fair isle on my actual sweater because I don’t want to do so much stranding:

 

So you see, it doesn’t look that great because there are so many strands and the tension differs a bit on a few of them.  Here’s the H:

 

So on my actual sweater I’ll use the H on the right (the biggest).  And speaking of my sweater…

 

 

I’ve finished the back!  I did what the pattern said and safely bound off the shoulder parts and put the neck part on a large stitch holder:

 

 

So it’s 82 sts wide and 26″ long.  It’s curling both at the bottom (which it is supposed to do) and at the sides (which will be fixed once I sew the front to the back).  I started the front piece but it’s not worth a picture yet because it’s just like the back piece is so far.  Once I start the intarsia I’ll post an update on how that’s going.

I know it seems really simple to many knitters, but I’m really proud of what I’ve done so far because knitting is so much harder for me to learn than crochet, and it’s taken a lot of time and concentration to get this far.  I just hope I can finish the sweater before the middle of December because that’s when I’m going with my parents to England, and I want to wear it on the trip!

So that’s all for today, thanks for stopping by!

 

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it’s been a long time

June 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment

So I haven’t been very busy lately with my yarny crafts.  Here’s what I’ve got:

My Weasley Sweater is at 20″!  That means I only have 6 more to go before I start the shoulder shaping stuff.  I’m excited.

The last photo is the closest to its true color.  It’s a dark gray, almost black.  There’s no red to it, actually.

So that’s all for now.  Sorry it wasn’t much.  I’ve been really lazy and doing summer school stuff, as well.

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headband complete

May 25, 2012 by 1 Comment

This headband has been the hardest thing I’ve knitted so far because I had to learn some new increases and techniques.  The pattern was pretty easy to follow, which was great.  Even with the lacy holes, I’m hoping it will keep my ears warm enough on my trip to England this Christmas.

I’m happy with the results! Because of this project I’ve neglected the Weasley sweater a bit, but I’ll get back on it asap!

That’s all for today, thanks for visiting!

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another one

May 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment

I started a headband today to break up the monotony of the stockinette stitch sweater.  Here’s the pattern.

The pattern calls for chunky yarn and 10.5 size needles, but I’m using size 10s and worsted yarn because I don’t want it quite so wide.  It’s going well so far, and I’m really proud because I had to learn some new increases:

The picture color lies — the yarn is actually a very light blue.

Well, more updates on that and my hat and sweater next time, thanks for stopping by!

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