Archive for August, 2008

A photo finish

I've finished my Ravelympics Hoodie!

I meant to take progress photos as I go, but unfortunately that didn't happen, best laid plans and all — either I was too busy doing the knitting itself or the lights not great for taking photos.
I didn't use any patterns for this. I did consider several patterns that have [...]

One more

Pattern: Button me up by Laura Chau. I made the 40 inches version, but at a tighter gauge due to my yarn substitution.
Yarn: Malabrigo merino worsted in "Purple mystery", 4 skeins.
Needles: 4.5mm circulars.
I did just a few modifications to this jumper. I decided not to have the deep ribbing, opting for only 1 inch depth [...]

Don't get used to this

I've been trying to stay away from the computer for the last few weeks. I thought I should do a bit more knitting or sewing, instead of just reading about them. That, and I have some things that I need to do that have deadlines (mostly self-imposed, but still they have to be finished.) I'm [...]