Specs:
Dollar and a Half Cardigan
Interweave Knits Spring 07
6 balls Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Truffle
Size 6 + 8 Addi's
Mods: LOTS. Made up a 38inch bust size. Knit the Cable panel over 4 more stitches than the other front. Shortened the sleeves by about 4 inches. Knit the "flat" portions in ST ST, instead of reverse ST ST like the pattern, which was an un-intentional design flaw. Added 4 extra rows between each cable twist. Threw out the directions on how many stitches to pick up for neck band and went with what felt right. 4 buttons instead of 3 for extra closure.
Next up:
F-No State Tweed, merely awaiting a zipper. Which reminds me - can anyone recommend a good resource for inserting a zipper? I've already tried once and it turned out like crap.
Next is the V-Neck Shell, 1 ball of Cotton Ease Deep. I love this yarn for summer knitting (and whoa boy is it summer here - we're sitting firmly in th 90's already)
But my knitting now has competition. I picked this up on a whim and now I can't stop. Must. Cross-stitch....
Fruits of the Garden
The Keeper of the Garden protects my tomatos with her death stare.
9 comments:
$1.50 turned out fabulously!!! Wow, you shortened the arms 4"??? Dang, it woulda dragged on the ground.
Hee hee - is your garden protector good with slugs?
Wow! $1.50 is looking pretty darn good! Great job!
I think Grumperina or Fluffa had good zipper inserting instructions. I'll check and get back to you.
Wow, 1.50 came out great. If it was mine, I'd wear it all summer and all fall. Except for the 90 degrees weather.
I liked
Claudia's tutorial,
but Grumperina's gives better instructions for installing a zipper on a fitted sweater.
The $1.50 is fabulous! I love the regular stockinette, yours is not puffy the way mine gets sometimes. Love the color too, I still love the brown ones the most!
It looks awesome!
My first zipper a long time ago was coached along by chicknits' tutorial http://www.chicknits.com/ttizipper.shtml
There are probably more detailed ones though. I still SUCK at it!
Your $1.50 turned out fab!!
Garden protector! What big EYES she has. $1.50 turned out prtty good!
hey for the zipper... look at eunny jang's blog... she's the new interweave editor or something...
but she's crazy. measures the hypotenuse of a shoulder, does special reinforcing button holes...
but i'm VERY sure shes got something on there about zippers.
I love it! I have to head down your way for a bit of research..... I'm going to melt! It's still 70 up here in the Sierra!
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