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| So. Sick. Of. Cables. |
| Monday, July 10, 2006 |
Durrow, the never ending cable! Beautiful (and it inspires me to try and chart my own cables), but I'm beginning to crave some stockinette!
I think for my next sweater (although I try not to hold myself to anything until I cast on) I'm going to try a top down raglan, with a deep v-neck, and 3/4 length sleeves. I have 1100 yards of Nashua Creative Focus Worsted, so I think I have enough (yay for sales - $30 total!). Nothing special about it, really, although it doesn't seem like a next-to-the-skin yarn, and if I recall correctly it's a single ply, making it prone to pilling, so I may have to go with a tighter than normal gauge). I might try to do some waist shaping, just to make for a prettier, more fitted sweater, but that's about it for details. I'm not sure – rolled edge or slightly ribbed? I like rolled (my three favorite sweaters have rolling edges), but think ribbed would work better with the 3/4 sleeves. Hmm.
I think I'm going to use The Incredible Custom Fit Raglan Generator, combined with NonaKnits: Shaping Up (a guide to darts) to generally guide the sweater, I've heard good things about the Incredible Raglan, and seen it with some mods as a good standby pattern.
(Have I mentioned my love of blogs lately? I found those sari silk pillows in a blog, waist shaping guides, and I'm sure that one of these days when I'm sitting around going "What do I do with..." or "How do I make..." the blogs will come to the rescue.)
Also, the Fall Interweave Knits Preview is up. When I'm not sick of cables, I can't wait to make Wanderlust Hoodie. |
posted by Amber @ 9:32 AM  |
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