On The Side

I have a story I have been meaning to tell you all for awhile. I've recently started sharing things about this blog with Matt, and during the course of one of these conversations, the following interaction took place:

M: So I'm convinced that you've taken me down with you in this knitting obcession.
D: Oh yeah? [trying to concentrate on counting stitches]
M: The other day when I was at Barnes & Noble, I overheard the tail end of a conversation between two ladies, with one of them saying "...no we don't have that but we do have Mason-Dixon" and I immediately knew they were talking about knitting books.
D: I love you!

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I finished my first piece of commissioned knitting, a made-up-as-I-went-along cardigan from two colors of Tahki Cotton Classic [pardon the crappy camera-phone quality]:


I knit this from the bottom up, joining two sleeve tubes and then knitting the yoke back and forth. I also knit the button band on as I went along, twisting the colors as I got to them to bind the pieces together. I liked this method because it saved me some seaming and it created a clean line on the inside of the garment.


I thought up a cute little name to put on the tag, since "wine and needles" just didn't seem right. This might be the start of fun side job!