I've been wanting to plant this year's veggie garden for weeks now. First it was too cold too late in the spring, so I had to wait. Then it was warm enough, but I had no free time. Now I have a few days with spare time, but it's supposed to rain all weekend. Even if I did decide to just tough it out and garden in the rain, I wouldn't want the rain to wash away the newly planted seeds. Darn you, weather! I'm shaking my index finger angrily at the sky. Cause that will help. Sure.
I did nearly finish the moss stitch pullover, though. By which I mean the pieces are complete, and they've been sewn together. I still need to weave in some of the ends, add a button loop closure, and block the whole thing. (Yes, I block after I do the sewing. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense to me, because how do you know how best to adjust the shape to make the garment fit you properly?) I'm hoping with this particular sweater I'll be able to blockify it so it's a little more flattering on me (can't put my finger on it, right now it's just... meh), but I haven't got my hopes up because the yarn isn't wool, so I doubt it'll be overly responsive to blocking. Wish me luck!
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Monday, April 9, 2007
In Progress Pictures!
How far will my procrastination take me in avoiding school work? So far that I'll break out the digicam and take pictures of my current knitting. That's some serious procrastination, there.
So, here's a shot of the sweater I'm knitting, as it's designed to look, according to Phildar. I'm curvier than the model on the page (well, than any model), so I've no idea how the sweater will look actually on me. Just smashing, I hope!
And here's what the front looks like as I've knit it. A different color, obviously, and I think I may have made the arm holes a little wonky, but hopefully it'll turn out to be a minor error when I put the pieces together. I also added more waist shaping than was called for, as I always do. Mmmm, waist shaping.
And lastly, here's what the moss stitch looks like up close. As I said before, this will most definitely not be part of my next project. For this one sweater, though, the effect is kind of cool.
So, here's a shot of the sweater I'm knitting, as it's designed to look, according to Phildar. I'm curvier than the model on the page (well, than any model), so I've no idea how the sweater will look actually on me. Just smashing, I hope!
And here's what the front looks like as I've knit it. A different color, obviously, and I think I may have made the arm holes a little wonky, but hopefully it'll turn out to be a minor error when I put the pieces together. I also added more waist shaping than was called for, as I always do. Mmmm, waist shaping.
And lastly, here's what the moss stitch looks like up close. As I said before, this will most definitely not be part of my next project. For this one sweater, though, the effect is kind of cool.
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