Just Shrug it Off
We haven’t heard anything on the contract. Our realtor says the family is still thinking. Could they think a little faster?
The shrug is done! This ended up being both easy and fun – a combination that doesn’t happen very often. Please excuse the fact that I am wearing the sweater over a blue sweater. I promise it was just for the photo – I am not fashion challenged! Details:
Yarn: Highland Wool from Elann in Claret
Needles: 9 & 10, Crochet Hook and Cable Needle
Pattern: Noro Kureyon Book No. 18, Pattern Y743. This is my bootlegged pattern that I got from the LYS. The Knitting Fever representative didn’t know that the pattern was printed in a book so he sent it to the LYS for free!
The directions are not terribly clear and need a little interpretation. The back is knit from arm to arm. Each arm is 16” and the back is supposed to be 28”. I ended up with 31” on the back so I had to rip out and settle for a 29” instead. It is a little big but once it is on with a long sleeved shirt it should fit fine. The edge is done by picking up stitches along the back and knitting in the round. The pattern calls for 2 repeats of the cable pattern and then 22 rounds of ribbing in the size 10 needles. I thought this would make it too big and floppy so I did 2 extra repeats of the cable pattern in the size 9 needle and then 10 rounds of ribbing on the size 10 needles. There is a crocheted edging so I had to learn a little crochet. It is a chain three, skip one, slip one. This didn’t translate into the directions I had for crochet so I had to improvise – I think!
I also whipped up this little hat on Sunday. Can you see the little leaves on top? And yes, it is posing on top of a wine glass. It is done in Knit Picks Shine Sport. I was very surprised that Big Boy let me make it – he put his foot down on the pumpkin hat! The weather is still in the 50’s in Nebraska so a cotton hat will be fine and we won’t all have to dress like snow bears. I did a couple of swatches for the baby tart hat from Knitty but just couldn’t get it to work out for me.
Now it is on to the Angelina jacket. I managed to get the exact gauge the pattern calls for but I am really afraid this is going to be huge. The down side to this pattern – endless rows of 2x2 ribbing on size 5 needles in a DK weight yarn. So far I have 22 rows done and it has taken me several hours to get there. This is going to be a LONG project!
The shrug is done! This ended up being both easy and fun – a combination that doesn’t happen very often. Please excuse the fact that I am wearing the sweater over a blue sweater. I promise it was just for the photo – I am not fashion challenged! Details:Yarn: Highland Wool from Elann in Claret
Needles: 9 & 10, Crochet Hook and Cable Needle
Pattern: Noro Kureyon Book No. 18, Pattern Y743. This is my bootlegged pattern that I got from the LYS. The Knitting Fever representative didn’t know that the pattern was printed in a book so he sent it to the LYS for free!
The directions are not terribly clear and need a little interpretation. The back is knit from arm to arm. Each arm is 16” and the back is supposed to be 28”. I ended up with 31” on the back so I had to rip out and settle for a 29” instead. It is a little big but once it is on with a long sleeved shirt it should fit fine. The edge is done by picking up stitches along the back and knitting in the round. The pattern calls for 2 repeats of the cable pattern and then 22 rounds of ribbing in the size 10 needles. I thought this would make it too big and floppy so I did 2 extra repeats of the cable pattern in the size 9 needle and then 10 rounds of ribbing on the size 10 needles. There is a crocheted edging so I had to learn a little crochet. It is a chain three, skip one, slip one. This didn’t translate into the directions I had for crochet so I had to improvise – I think!
I also whipped up this little hat on Sunday. Can you see the little leaves on top? And yes, it is posing on top of a wine glass. It is done in Knit Picks Shine Sport. I was very surprised that Big Boy let me make it – he put his foot down on the pumpkin hat! The weather is still in the 50’s in Nebraska so a cotton hat will be fine and we won’t all have to dress like snow bears. I did a couple of swatches for the baby tart hat from Knitty but just couldn’t get it to work out for me.Now it is on to the Angelina jacket. I managed to get the exact gauge the pattern calls for but I am really afraid this is going to be huge. The down side to this pattern – endless rows of 2x2 ribbing on size 5 needles in a DK weight yarn. So far I have 22 rows done and it has taken me several hours to get there. This is going to be a LONG project!
posted by Kim @ 8:46 AM
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