Posts Tagged ‘sweater’
Presto Chango!
Yes, I am knee-deep in baby sweaters! I’m just knitting them one after another and happily doing so. I think this is the 5th(?) baby sweater I’ve made this year. It just gives me so much joy and satisfaction to be able to give something special that I’ve made by hand.
This was a new pattern I decided to try, Presto Chango (I know it’s “change-oh” but I keep wanting to say “chang-go“!) by Valerie Wallis, published at Jimmy Bean’s Wool. It’s a FREE pattern by the way! Such a nice and quick knit, and the leaf pattern in the front is so delicate and so pretty.
I took the liberty of improvising a hat to go with the sweater – just did leaf panels in multiples of 16, then decreased in multiples of 8. Easy and fun!
The yarn used is di.Vé Zenith in Mariner’s Green, and I found THE perfect bright red vintage buttons to go with them at one of my frequent flea marketing trips. These two bright colors are meant to be together. :)
I’m currently knitting another Presto Chango, but in a much muted color. Hope it turns out just as cute as this one!
Baby Sweater for… me!
Dewey Cabled Pullover in Progress
I’ve been working on this baby sweater pattern from Vintage Baby Knits for a while now. The Dewey Cabled Pullover was adapted from a vintage 1941 pattern, with its boatneck, 3/4 sleeves, and classy cable detailing, I decided to make one for myself. Instead of knitting it in baby-scale, I decided to use larger needles and worsted weight yarn to make this sweater. I’m using KnitPicks’ Shine Worsted in color Green Apple, one of my favorite colors. I’m about 3/4 done on the body, then I’ve got the sleeves to go. I think this will be a great top for Fall, and I can definitely wear it with jeans or work trousers. I can’t wait to finish!
This will probably be the last knitting project I’m doing for myself this year – I have got to start knitting for the holidays!
Sweater Factory
Together makes three
Ah yes. Baby(sweater) fever has been running rampant here at my crafting headquarters even though it’s been a very, very warm summer. Someone on Ravelry saw this photo and sent me a message asking if I knitted these for triplets. Haha! I even made little hats to match every single one of these, and now two of them have gone to new homes. Hopefully will do their jobs and keep two beautiful baby girls warm and cozy this winter. The green set is supposed to be for my little niece this Christmas. I haven’t seen her in a while (long story), but I hope it will fit her.
Having knitted three baby-sized cardigans had given me courage and confidence to follow and decipher knitting patterns. I actually got really brave and made something for… myself!
Me in the finished Rusted Root
Tada! I present my very first adult-sized sweater!
Okay, so it’s probably not obvious to anyone else, but I made a ton of boo-boos while knitting this. It’s not even really my color, either – I only bought the Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece because they were $2 a skein at the swapmeet (they’re normally $6-7 a skein at frou-frou yarn shops). I figured at $2, that’s cheaper than the cheapest quality acrylic yarn at the local mega-mart. There’s no pressure if i mess it up, right?
After taking it apart a gazillion times, many nights of watching Heroes, Good Eats, Iron Chef, No Reservations, Bizarre Food, Fringe & Mad Men (my new favorite show), I finally finished my very first sweater. I almost always give my knitting away, and now I finally have a knitted garment for myself. For my first adult-sized sweater, it turned out a lot better than I thought. I learned so much from this project – I feel more confident about knitting and using patterns now. It was definitely a great learning experience to work it from start to finish. After nearly five years of knitting I am so dang proud of myself that I might just wear this out in public.
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The details
Pattern: Rusted Root
Yarn: Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Tea Rose
Needles: KnitPicks Options in sz 6 and sz 4