Mostly, I've been devoting myself to Moyen Age, a gorgeous sweater designed by Hanna Maciejewska. I got to the point where I could really try it on the other day, and it fits like a dream. I'd show you a picture, but the juxtaposition of blue sweater and polka-dot bra is far too amusing to let loose on the internet. So here's a progress picture from earlier:
Now I just have to knit the sleeves . . . and the neckline . . .
Maybe I'll work on some socks, instead.
Like these:
A few weeks ago I cast on a sock toe in Wollmeise Twin with the vague intention of doing something with slipped stitches. Monday night, needing to wind more yarn for Moyen Age, I picked up the toe and started playing around . . . and now I am OBSESSED. Like, knit an entire sock foot, turn the heel, and make it three inches up the leg in two days obsessed.
I paused at that point to try it on and made three observations:
1) The foot was not long enough.
2) The short-row method I had used for the heel looked gorgeous on the left side and like utter ass on the right side.
3) The leg was tight in a . . . worrisome fashion.
So, because I am a knitter dedicated to my craft, I ripped that sucker back. The foot length was easy to fix, of course, but resolving the heel problem took most of my knitting time today. I did eventually conquer the thing, on the third try (pro tip: do not bother to reinvent the wheel; it works fine), and I've made it an inch and change up the leg.
I intend to set a land-speed record with these. Just watch me.
Now I just have to knit the sleeves . . . and the neckline . . .
Maybe I'll work on some socks, instead.
Like these:
A few weeks ago I cast on a sock toe in Wollmeise Twin with the vague intention of doing something with slipped stitches. Monday night, needing to wind more yarn for Moyen Age, I picked up the toe and started playing around . . . and now I am OBSESSED. Like, knit an entire sock foot, turn the heel, and make it three inches up the leg in two days obsessed.
I paused at that point to try it on and made three observations:
1) The foot was not long enough.
2) The short-row method I had used for the heel looked gorgeous on the left side and like utter ass on the right side.
3) The leg was tight in a . . . worrisome fashion.
So, because I am a knitter dedicated to my craft, I ripped that sucker back. The foot length was easy to fix, of course, but resolving the heel problem took most of my knitting time today. I did eventually conquer the thing, on the third try (pro tip: do not bother to reinvent the wheel; it works fine), and I've made it an inch and change up the leg.
I intend to set a land-speed record with these. Just watch me.
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