Knitted Stuff

[pensnest]

Another couple of knitting projects finished.

There's an iteration of the Incredible Custom Fit Raglan Sweater here on Ravelry. I bought 166gm of a lovely fancy yarn at Fibre East, which I decided would go very well with the Simply Taupe Malabrigo Worsted I ended up not being able to use for another project, and I was right. It's probably destined for my Boy, since it won't be big enough for my BIL.



I strongly recommend this pattern! It is really easy to follow, and the sweater can be as complicated as you want. It is also seamless, and I did reasonably intelligent things with waste yarn for casting on so I didn't even have to do a lot of picking up around the neck. I *like* seamless garments.

Also, I have finished the Drachentuch, in bright, glittery pink and less bright, unglittery purple (the colours don't really show in the photo). It's double knitted, so that the colours are reversed but the pattern is the same. Is there among you someone who would like an eight foot long shawl/scarf in pink and purple, with dragons? If so, let me know before Wednesday and you shall have it for Christmas; if nobody wants it I shall try to sell it on Wednesday at my Open House for Oxfam.

Comments

[turps]

Your dragon scarf/shawl sounds lovely. Sadly I can't see it as I don't have a ravelry account.

[pensnest]

I've put the pics on display - the colour is really off in the dragon shawl one, but it shows the design quite well.

[untonuggan]

So gorgeous! Love the colors on the sweater, and the cabling is a nice touch as well.

[turlough]

The sweater is gorgeous! Lovely colour!

It's finished, congratulations! (Why are red, pinks, and purples so hard to photograph?!!!)

PS You can make your Ravelry projects visible to everyone if you want to. It's what the little "share this" thingy in the top right corner is for. At first I thought it was for sending links only but it's actually both.

[watervole]

Impressive shawl.

[ephemera]

impressive knitting all around!

[solariana.livejournal.com]

Being that I love all things pink and purple and dragons as well, I would be quite honored to have it, if it's not yet spoken for.

[pensnest]

You shall have it - can you send me a message with your address?

[solariana.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, address is on its way to you.

[kira-j.livejournal.com]

aww do you have to get an account to see the pics? the links aren't working for me.

[pensnest]

So I find - I have added the pics now. :-)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I can see them now. That is beautiful!

[pensnest]

Thank you! I learn a little bit from everything I knit, so the next one will be a little bit better. I hope.

[brandywine28.livejournal.com]

Your knitting posts always make me feel so un-crafty!

LOVE the colors on that sweater. Gorgeous!

[pensnest]

It did work out most gratifyingly. Thanks!

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

oooh fantastic, the both of them! I have to admit I have downloaded the Raglan pattern though have yet to do anything with it. :) Knitter's ADD and all that. :)

[pensnest]

You knit much more complicated patterns with ease, though! Although you could do all sorts of things to jazz up the basic pattern if you wanted—I've been contemplating doing a cable down the sleeve next time, or knitting the whole thing in two colour rows of little squares.

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

I don't know about with ease. :P There's plenty of hair pulling.

I think a cable would be lovely!

[starturtle0977.livejournal.com]

Your knitting is beautiful. I love the colours in the sweater. May I ask how long the sweater took to knit? I've only selected projects that are fairly quick knits and even those can take years *eyes my first pair of socks that are 1.5 done*.

[pensnest]

The sweater was fairly quick, being at worsted weight and basically just round-and-round stocking stitch (with a tiny bit of cleverness on the sleeves, ie three squares of reverse ss/ss/reverse ss). Using a chunky yarn would knit it up even more quickly.

It's a really simple pattern, which just gives you the option of doing fancy things or not, as you like. And of course there are NO SEAMS to sew up afterwards, which is a great advantage!

Socks... the first sock is an adventure. The second sock is just repetition. A lace shawl is more likely to be finished, I feel, because you only need to do it once!

[starturtle0977.livejournal.com]

That's true that using chunky yarn would speed up process. Will have to try one day, likely just seems scarier than it really is ;)

See, I don't mind doing mittens or fingerless gloves. But socks. I think it might have something to do with the pattern I was trying to use. My SIL knits up socks so quickly and two at a time. I am working on a shawl now, started in February - hope to finish this Christmas. Time permitting.