Bichons In Berry Sauce

This sweater was one I began way back in my baby sweater knitting spree days of July. It's been mostly done with a few finishing details to go since then. I worked a nite shift a few days ago, and brought all of my sorta almost finished projects with me. When it's between sitting at work bored or weaving in ends, I'll weave in ends. I finished sewing on the ribbon edging and the buttons, and now I have a new FO!

Pattern: Ribbon-Edged Cardigan from Special Knits
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino in a light bluish-green shade
Needles: Boye circular, size 6 (The yarn calls for a size 3, but I'm a super tight knitter, and I usually get gauge with something a few sizes bigger.)

Posted by Nancy at 06:05 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

A few nites ago, while awaiting the arrival of my rowanspun aran for the demi, I knew that as soon as it arrived, I would abandon my almost finished ribbon edged cardigan in favor of swatching and sleevemaking. This motivated me to plow through the seaming and the dreaded weaving in of ends. Ick. I'm particularly proud of my side seams-- this is only my second finished sweater ever, so I'm getting much better at the neat seaming thing. Sorry for the dark picture-- upstate NY doesn't have much sunlight.

I also got myself to JoAnn's while my special little girl was getting her second haircut at Petsmart. They have this special holiday package with cookie scented soap, an extra little holiday tag for their collar, nail polish (which we opted out of), and a bandana. Now normally, this costs an extra 15 dollars, but since they hadn't done one yet, and since Abby is so cute and agreeable, they spiffied her up for free. Her groomers took pictures of themselves with her, as a model of 'how-nice-your-dog-could-look-with-our-holiday-package' and put them up in the window. That's nice and all, but no one is going to be prettier than Abby.

Oh, and here's a picture of my *almost* done baby cardigan with the ribbon and buttons. I'm going to need a sewing tutorial from my friend Andra before I start on the ribbon. A sewer I am not.

Posted by Nancy at 11:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

After needing a bunch of help with argyle's neckband, I was eager to try this one all by myself.. and I did it! It came out pretty ok. I'm getting a better understanding of how my interpretation of directions affects my knitting. I don't think I ever really understood this, but my projects definitely do come out as mirror images of what they are meant to look like. I discovered this when adding the top buttonhole to the knitted on neckband. The pattern had me putting the hole on the opposite side it should go. Very odd.

More seaming soon, then the boyfriend gets dragged to JoAnn's again.

Posted by Nancy at 12:47 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The knitting is almost done for this one-- I just need to seam in the fronts, then knit on the neckband. The button bands were built into the pattern, which is great for me, as I *hate* picking up stitches to knit something on. It usually takes me a few tries before it doesn't look sloppy. My Argyle Cardigan was stalled for a good two months until I could visit Diana to help me with the neckband disaster.

Posted by Nancy at 12:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This baby sweater was started back in June too. It's the Ribbon-Edged Cardigan from Special Knits. I forgot to put the other finished sleeve in this picture, but it's done. Really.

Posted by Nancy at 01:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)