We had a splendid weekend (not weather wise), but it was so worth the happy dance we had. As you saw in prior entries I worked on the scarf for my sister. I should have that done by tomorrow if not Tuesday. i plan on giving it to my dad who has a lunch time layover with us Friday.
MacMac helped me put the cover that came with Cassie, the Uniquely You dress form, on to Cassie. We figured out the trick to doing it. It requires two people and the best place to help squish is from the sides not trying to wrap around. So have one person on the back side manning the zipper. Have the other person pushing on the sides. One in back pulls out the slack in the cover created by the foam compression and zips as far done was they can. And then scoot down and repeat.
We took measurements for the free corset drafting pattern from the Foundations Revealed website. And I got about a quarter of the way drafted with that.
The goals of the week are to finish the scarf, finished the cover I drafted to refit Cassie, and work on the corset.
We will be going on a trip in a few weeks for a few weeks, but when we get back I'll be going to the thrift store and refitting some pants with some nice stretch cotton knit in the belly area!
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Showing posts with label scarf. Show all posts
03 October 2010
26 September 2010
The Knitty Gritty
My sister e-mailed me asking if I knit. My answer: sort of. I taught myself to knit in high school, I stopped when i developed tennis elbow. I can do it as long as i remember to take a break after each row, so it becomes rather time consuming.
The item she'd like to have recreated she found on etsy. I wont post a link because if it gets sold then the link wont work. But she likes a scarf called Monterey and I must say i like it as well.
It's a nice chunky little thing. I had some chunky yarn on hand, but no big needles.
I went to Joanns on the way to Costco yesterday. I thought I got a pair of 25 but I read them wrong, they were size 50 I had read the 25mm opps. Anyways I fiddled with the needles and yarn some yesterday and the results weren't quite there. I never stitched more than 4 rows so not the best of samples.
I went hunting through my stash and found size 11 needles. I decided to work on pattern and not tension/spacing.
At first I thought it was just a simple k2, p2. But nope. tried k1,p1. Then I realized I might not have cast on properly, It helped knitting the knit column and purling the purling but didn't look right. I finally realized it's a fisherman's rib knit.
So now to go pick out some yarn for myself and get a better sized set of needles. Everything I stitched I pulled out so no pictures.
The item she'd like to have recreated she found on etsy. I wont post a link because if it gets sold then the link wont work. But she likes a scarf called Monterey and I must say i like it as well.
It's a nice chunky little thing. I had some chunky yarn on hand, but no big needles.
I went to Joanns on the way to Costco yesterday. I thought I got a pair of 25 but I read them wrong, they were size 50 I had read the 25mm opps. Anyways I fiddled with the needles and yarn some yesterday and the results weren't quite there. I never stitched more than 4 rows so not the best of samples.
I went hunting through my stash and found size 11 needles. I decided to work on pattern and not tension/spacing.
At first I thought it was just a simple k2, p2. But nope. tried k1,p1. Then I realized I might not have cast on properly, It helped knitting the knit column and purling the purling but didn't look right. I finally realized it's a fisherman's rib knit.
So now to go pick out some yarn for myself and get a better sized set of needles. Everything I stitched I pulled out so no pictures.
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