That is what I am going to call this sweater – The I think I lost my Marbles Sweater. After I finished the writing up the pattern I got started immediately. Cast on 262 stitches loosely (putting a marker at 131 stitches) and joined in the round adding a second marker…..I know it doesn’t need […]
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Just to backtrack and set the scene.I decided it was high time I make a sweater for me that fits. Since most of my sweaters end up back in the yarn stash, this is quite a commitment for me. I’ve settled on making my own vanilla sweater pattern . I’ve been studying the greats of custom shaping […]
Continue reading about Starting a New Sweater (or have I lost my marbles?)
The first thing I decided to do was pick a yarn, needles and do a gauge swatch. I decided on a worsted weight I had about 1500 yards of Berroco ultra alpaca in my stash. I grabbed some size 7 needles and cast on 30 stitches, I tried to keep the edges from rolling so […]
Continue reading about A Sweater the Beginning – (Still thinking I Lost my Marbles)
Here is Fridays’s post…….. sorry techie difficulties keep me from posting it yesterday. The sweater I’m making is Slippery Slope by Laura Birek. Sign up for the Fiber Fanatic Files for your scandalous woolly updates! Share and Enjoy:
Continue reading about Fantastasic Fiber Friday – Happy New Year ( better late than never)
I’ve decided to knit another sweater. I am cautiously hopeful as my luck with sweaters has been……..really crappy! This humiliation only seems to happen with sweaters I make for myself. Sweaters for other people seem to come out just fine ….with the exception of the hubs first sweater …..I do not take responsibility for bad […]
