HALLELUJAH!
(I tried to find an mp3 of the hallelujah chorus, but gave up after 4 links. This is far too exciting to care about an mp3)First, to go with my secret santa scarf, I've created a feather and fan hat. This was actually surprisingly easy, but difficult to size (it's a 12 stitch repeat, so!)
Here's hoping it fits my coworker.
I feel like it needs earflaps or somesuch, but I'm unsure how to do something like that and continue the wave pattern...
But more importantly...
I HAVE FINISHED 2 MAJOR
PROJECTS!
First, the forsythia pattern...
This is from some Patons vintage pattern book my mom bought at Costco and gave to me. This is also the second thing I've knitted from this for her.
There is a very long story behind this shirt. It was one of my first knitting patterns, back when I was a baby knitter. I didn't know that DK meant a specific weight of yarn and went out and bought my mother some nice sugar and creme worsted weight cotton. I knitted the entire shirt without swatching it.
It was HUGE.
So, I ripped, reswatched and reknit it on 2s and 4s instead of 4s and 6s. It fit her, and all seemed to be well, until I had a realization. Wait a minute! DK weight is the same as sport weight! No wonder I had so many problems!
I made the mistake of mentioning it to my mother, and offered to remake it. She said yes. I unraveled the old shirt, and plan to make it into a Cherry Twist come springtime.
So, we went out to a LYS and bought some Jaeger Aqua on clearance. I knit her a shirt (after doing a gauge swatch), seamed at it, and then was extremely confused.
The pattern allowed for 10" of ease.
Ease has always driven me absolutely batty. Give me a finished measurement and I'll go from there. But don't tell me that it will fit someone with a 36" bust and have finished measurements be 46"! It's just mildly ridiculous.
So I ripped and reknit for the smallest size, a 41" final measurement for a 32" bust. Right. But still, it's done, and it even fits me!
Not that I would ever, ever wear this. It's for my mother. Go Mom. But as the picture illustrates, the ease is on extreme crack.
And last and nowhere near least,
SITCOM SLUT IS FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pattern is available. I'm guessing on the small, XL and XXL sizes, so if it's weird, let me know and I'll fix it.
I had to rip and reknit this, too. I worked on this at about the time I worked on the body of icylove, when I was on CRACK this summer. For some reason, I decided that 2"-3" of ease was appropriate for a shell sweater. Did I mention I have ease issues? So, I completely finished the thing, handed it to Molly, the recipient, who tried it on and looked ridiculous. Then I cried. (No, not really) But I did have to rip out and knit again. And that was annoying.
But it's done, and as you can see from her modeling it, it FITS! It's done and it FITS! Of course, I left the 4th button in Washington DC, so it doesn't close perfectly, but YAY!
I've also redone my pattern page and added charts for my wrist warmers and the caduceus from my cell phone
Whew!
Time to read a book and rest my sore wrists!
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