2 posts tagged “wool”
I recently started a seamless hybrid from the "recipe" given to us in Knitting Without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmermann. yesterday, I finished most of the knitting (the rest of the second arm + the amazing decreases to the neck + the neck band). I tried to try it on Nathan and discovered the neck opening was TOO SMALL for my son's ginormous head. the only thing to do, which will appease my mother who said it should not be a pullover, was to use steeks to turn it into a cardigan. After reading and re-reading Eunny Jang's steeking tutorials (specifically the crocheted steek part), I bravely performed my first steek (read: I CUT MY KNITTING), then immediately over-dyed and started blocking it. I originally started out with Cascade 220 in silver grey and over-dyed it with many many packs of tamarindo kool-aid (hence the yellow fingernails). here's a sneak-peek:
I'm calling the sweater "Rusty" because it looks like it has rusty spots. I'm extremely excited about knitting up the button bands. I just have to wait for it to dry. I've already changed the towel it's laying on 3 times! i've stomped on it with another towel over it and I think I've got as much of the excess water out of it as possible. the rest is up to the air...
more later!
it's been a while. I resolve to update with my FOs more often!
for now, a few things I'm proud of:
my first soaker with the wool I personally dyed with kool-aid!
most recently (as in, I knit this yesterday), "Ganomy" from Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac knit with one (almost whole) ball of Noro. I could tell I was running out of yarn, so once I got done with increases of the back, I just decreased every round. it still came out pointy..
I've done a whole lot more, but I really think these were the most fun.
