Saturday, November 29, 2008

Liam - Finished and Just About Ruined













I am sick to my stomach after taking this sweater out of the dryer. It's Liam from Debbie Bliss Kids Knits, and it's about a month and a half's worth of work. Ruined. Almost. I used Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece, because, being a kid's sweater I wanted it to be wash and wear, but not as warm as superwash wool would be. Boy am I disappointed. See how the black faded over the white? It's now a black and GRAY sweater. See how badly it pilled all over? It's going to take some serious time with a sweater shaver to remove those. OH, and it's a Christmas present, so I don't have another MONTH AND A HALF to donate. I will post another picture of it after it's depilled, I'm still determined to save it since it's for Christmas. It's for my son, so he won't mind it being black and gray, at least the design still shows up.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

FO: Devan


Finished a little quickie baby gift, it's Devan on knitty.com. It was a quick knit in self-striping sock yarn, Lana Grossa Meilenweit 100 Fantasy on the front and Dale of Norway Baby Ull for the back. More Pics on Ravelry, ID RedEarthKnitting.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

FO: Printed Silk Cardigan



Whew! It's finished! You'd think I'd learn to read ahead before starting a project, these sleeves are ALL 1x1 ribbing. They took longer to knit than the entire two fronts and back! However it was a good project, I learned the Tubular Cast On from knitty.com, and the sewn cast on.