Knitting Sweaters
Lately I've been obsessed with all the sweaters I'm "going to" make. I think part of this is being at the new yarny job and seeing all my coworkers in their beautiful sweaters. I only have 2 that I'm really wearing...
Well, as I said before, I started my next Noro sweater - a hoodie from the Jenny Watson Noro Collection Book 3. I haven't had a lot of time to work on it, but I did manage to finish the ribbing on the front and split for the pocket.
It's not totally obvious in the picture, but that cord you see is the stitches held for the pocket, and there are a few rows (the turquoise ones) knit beyond it on the body of the sweater. I've gotten most of the "hard" part done for the body, so now I just have to crank out another 47 rows of stockinette watching TV and then knit and attach the pocket.
Of course I had my talk with myself beforehand about how I wouldn't get obsessed with the stripes and how they don't match and how Noro has a tendency to have a knot tied to a completely different color.... and good thing I did because about three inches in I hit my first knot. Which was, of course, tied to a totally different color.
Last night I even swatched for another sweater.
I got this yarn (Louisa Harding Kashmir DK) a long time to make a different sweater, but that just didn't happen. Then I got awesome star buttons and some similarly-colored wool and wanted to make Cherie, but it wasn't going to work. Then I decided the wool would make a great Central Park Hoodie, but I still wanted to make a sweater to use the buttons. Well, MJ showed me Jemima the other day - which I thought might work with this yarn, and has the required buttons. And so I swatched and... it does!
And then... I made plans for yet another sweater. I decided that the next thing I spin from my Rhinebeck fleece will be yarn for most of that sweater from Spin to Knit. I'll use Kureyon #40 for the yoke, which I'm going to end above where the sleeves join to avoid a line across the bust. (Hey, does that mean I can count it as one of my promised 14 Noro sweaters?)
Plus there's the Ribby Cardi that's around here somewhere with about 4 inches knitted...
Don't worry, there are still socks going too. :)
Listening to: Kissing the Lipless ~ The Shins, Anchor ~ Cave In
Well, as I said before, I started my next Noro sweater - a hoodie from the Jenny Watson Noro Collection Book 3. I haven't had a lot of time to work on it, but I did manage to finish the ribbing on the front and split for the pocket.
It's not totally obvious in the picture, but that cord you see is the stitches held for the pocket, and there are a few rows (the turquoise ones) knit beyond it on the body of the sweater. I've gotten most of the "hard" part done for the body, so now I just have to crank out another 47 rows of stockinette watching TV and then knit and attach the pocket.
Of course I had my talk with myself beforehand about how I wouldn't get obsessed with the stripes and how they don't match and how Noro has a tendency to have a knot tied to a completely different color.... and good thing I did because about three inches in I hit my first knot. Which was, of course, tied to a totally different color.
Last night I even swatched for another sweater.
I got this yarn (Louisa Harding Kashmir DK) a long time to make a different sweater, but that just didn't happen. Then I got awesome star buttons and some similarly-colored wool and wanted to make Cherie, but it wasn't going to work. Then I decided the wool would make a great Central Park Hoodie, but I still wanted to make a sweater to use the buttons. Well, MJ showed me Jemima the other day - which I thought might work with this yarn, and has the required buttons. And so I swatched and... it does!
And then... I made plans for yet another sweater. I decided that the next thing I spin from my Rhinebeck fleece will be yarn for most of that sweater from Spin to Knit. I'll use Kureyon #40 for the yoke, which I'm going to end above where the sleeves join to avoid a line across the bust. (Hey, does that mean I can count it as one of my promised 14 Noro sweaters?)
Plus there's the Ribby Cardi that's around here somewhere with about 4 inches knitted...
Don't worry, there are still socks going too. :)
Listening to: Kissing the Lipless ~ The Shins, Anchor ~ Cave In
Labels: not socks
posted by Unknown at
7:57 PM
3 Comments:
You've bitten by sweater-bug.
Actually, I take it back - that's a pretty gross analogy.
But good to see that you're now knitting non-socks :)
Psssssst - you forgot to mention coachella! ;)
*sniff* cheating on your sock knitting...
I can't wait to see all these goregous sweaters you are talking about knitting I am sure they will be as goregous as your socks you have made.
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