I finished the first sleeve and quickly set to work starting and completing the second, and I’ve just joined the sleeves to the body. It’s always a little awkward working all of the stitches at this stage, but at least working back and forth for a cardigan is a little easier than working in the… Continue reading Sleeves, body joined
Tag: sweaters/cardigans
Heartfelt for Fall
It’s done! And I love it! The depth of color is just gorgeous, and the little speckles of green, purple, white, gray, black, orange – just amazing. Definitely an instant wardrobe staple and well worth knitting it twice.
One sleeve finished
I’ve finished one sleeve on my new Heartfelt cardigan, and it went pretty quickly. I left the markers that I put in for each of the decreases I made so that I can match them on my other sleeve as closely as possible. One down, one to go!
A completed body
Hooray, it’s one step closer! The body is complete, I’ve bound off the ribbing at the bottom, and woven in the ends to this point. Next up, sleeves. They are plain stockinette knitting, so I honestly don’t think it should take very long to complete both sleeves. And I know the color is fairly dark… Continue reading A completed body
Derecho, finally
I ripped back 2-4 inches of the length, actually taking out one of the hip increases that it called for, and got the stitches back on the needles. Then I immediately set to the front and back shaping before binding off. It took me a couple of days to finish, but it’s done! And when… Continue reading Derecho, finally