Sunday, December 7, 2008

Texture?

Ok, I finished the textured tunic a while ago and still can't decide if I like the color. I was very proud of my self with the sleeves. I finished one of them completely and cast off and that is when I stoped deluding myself that I liked how it looked.
I didn't read the instructions until after I had knit the whole textured section only to realise that I should have been decreasing. Well I just decreased after like in the body and thought for some reason it would be ok. Also for the 'bell' part at the end I followed the patter and just don't like it at all. It took all my strength to rip it all back and admit that I had waisted the past 4 hours of knitting.

I have officially worn the sweater twice, once to a 5K that my husband ran in and once to work. I love the eye-hole in theory and when my bra strap isn't showing. I'm thinking about sewing it shut since my bra straps rarely stay where they should, I have slopey shoulders.

I really like the buttons and button tabs the way I made them. No key-hole down there and if I where to make one small change it would be to knit one round even and separate and not start increasing on that first round (ie separate the round before I did).

This being the first wool sweater I have finished I am very scared to wash it. Also, blocking question, what is the point of blocking? Wouldn't you have to do it again every time you wash the thing?

Saturday, December 6, 2008

I will make this dress one day or my name isn't...


Ok it's not a very good picture of it, I saw it in a catalog before and they have a shorter version that is a sweater but I love the dress. (from Victoria secret by the way and it is very creatively called cable dress) I would consider just buying it for the low low price of $69 which is probably how much I would spend on it if I used wool but I'm not a yarn snob so acrylic yarn here I come.