my first sweater - July 21, 2010 07:05
- By: NoisyPenguin
In case you can't tell, I've been kind of obsessed with knitting lately. I think at the end of my last pregnancy I spent a lot of time sewing (though most of it was for orders and the shop, none of it was for poor Mr. Poop, terrible mother I am), and this time I've been interested in nothing but knitting. (Well, I'm almost done sewing a blanket for the baby, but I can't bring myself to get the iron out to press the seams. It's too darn hot.) Anyway, if you're sick of all the knitting posts, sorry...but I'm predicting many more in the future.
A few weeks ago Craft Magazine posted this pattern on their website and I think I let out a noise that sounded something like, "Squwaaaaaaaaa!" I have a sweater that's fairly similar to this sweater, but it's in black, and I wear it all the time. The idea of having a similar sweater in a different color excited me more than it really should have. So I decided it was time to go ahead and make my first sweater.
Most of the collar of the sweater.
I've been knitting for about seven years, but I mostly stick to smaller items. I get bored with larger things. Up until now the largest thing I've ever knitted was a pillow cover for my sister, and while it turned out lovely, I have yet to finish the other ones that I planned to make for the shop because I got bored. (A lovely magenta pillow cover has been sitting on my size 10.5 needles for three years. Seriously.) But this sweater. I NEED THIS SWEATER. And then Craft decided to do a knit-along for it, and I figured that watching other people's progress would be good inspiration for me, and that I could ask them questions as I go if my sweater turns out all wonky. (The pattern creator has already answered a question from someone! I find this quite exciting.) So I bit the bullet, ordered my yarn from KnitPicks, and cast on.
I suspect this will be slow-going, as I still have other projects that I need to work on, and since I'll be birthin' a baby sometime in the next few weeks I should probably, you know, brush up on labor techniques and stuff. And then I'll have to do the whole "taking care of a new baby" thing after she's born, and that can be a little time consuming. But I'll keep plugging away at this and posting my progress as I go.
I suspect it gets harder once you move on from the collar.
I'm kind of afraid.
Tags: knitting That Girl!
In case you can't tell, I've been kind of obsessed with knitting lately. I think at the end of my last pregnancy I spent a lot of time sewing (though most of it was for orders and the shop, none of it was for poor Mr. Poop, terrible mother I am), and this time I've been interested in nothing but knitting. (Well, I'm almost done sewing a blanket for the baby, but I can't bring myself to get the iron out to press the seams. It's too darn hot.) Anyway, if you're sick of all the knitting posts, sorry...but I'm predicting many more in the future.
A few weeks ago Craft Magazine posted this pattern on their website and I think I let out a noise that sounded something like, "Squwaaaaaaaaa!" I have a sweater that's fairly similar to this sweater, but it's in black, and I wear it all the time. The idea of having a similar sweater in a different color excited me more than it really should have. So I decided it was time to go ahead and make my first sweater.
Most of the collar of the sweater.
I've been knitting for about seven years, but I mostly stick to smaller items. I get bored with larger things. Up until now the largest thing I've ever knitted was a pillow cover for my sister, and while it turned out lovely, I have yet to finish the other ones that I planned to make for the shop because I got bored. (A lovely magenta pillow cover has been sitting on my size 10.5 needles for three years. Seriously.) But this sweater. I NEED THIS SWEATER. And then Craft decided to do a knit-along for it, and I figured that watching other people's progress would be good inspiration for me, and that I could ask them questions as I go if my sweater turns out all wonky. (The pattern creator has already answered a question from someone! I find this quite exciting.) So I bit the bullet, ordered my yarn from KnitPicks, and cast on.
I suspect this will be slow-going, as I still have other projects that I need to work on, and since I'll be birthin' a baby sometime in the next few weeks I should probably, you know, brush up on labor techniques and stuff. And then I'll have to do the whole "taking care of a new baby" thing after she's born, and that can be a little time consuming. But I'll keep plugging away at this and posting my progress as I go.
I suspect it gets harder once you move on from the collar.
I'm kind of afraid.
Tags: knitting That Girl!
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