it worked...

unwashed

Vickie’s twister wool lace hoodie, that is! I got hers out of one cone!! OMG! so
nice! I was right about the yardage on that yarn! Now, I still have a full cone for me! Later on that!

Something I like to tell newbies is to make the same thing several times – you’ll be surprised at what you learn through the repetition. Here’s me saying, wow, either I forgot more than I knew or I knew I forgot more! Whatever! It is getting to be that way but I’m still having fun.

Things I learned (again, maybe) so far

1. Be sure to use yarn marks at the edges – I usually put them every 50 rows – easy to remember and it does make the putting together so much easier and neater when you match them up.

washed but unfinished

2. Keep cheat sheets handy for the various techniques, as a reminder! how many rows in that band? what stitch size? turning row? the buttonhole technique – I thought I had it down pat and what do you know, missed one step and had to remake the whole band!

3. Before washing, hand stitch that pocket in place – only takes a  couple of minutes and saves having to re-block it after washing!

4. Put the band on the front of the hood before attaching the hood to the neckline. If it already attached, the front edge of the hood won’t stretch out to accept the band in one piece – you’ll need  two separate waste yarns on the band instead of being able to use the garter bar.

done!

Done and it’s in the mail!

you know i didn't...

keep that one. I do know how to share, but it was close! Lisi came by, I remembered it was her birthday, showed it to her and she loved it! In the finish, it was a good thing I went with my backup plan of doing the bands in the ivory colour, it all looked good and I was left with about 50g of the clover, definitely not enough to have done the bands  - weird, the yellow one weighted in at 468g, finished and this one, same number of rows and stitches exactly, weighted 488g. Guess that’s the difference in the stitch pattern, although, when you think about it, stitches are stitches. More holes shouldn’t really make that much of a difference because the stitch is knit and then transferred to make the hole…oh, it’s over my head!

I was totally pleased with how it turned out – even had the perfect pewter buttons to finish it off without having to worry about making do - but already feeling bad about not planning it properly for Janet. Before I could change my mind, I called her, explained about the lace hoodie and offered her a choice of colours for wool. She’s really psyched, liked the fact that it was longer and would cover her bum! She chose ‘antique gold’, so outside her comfort zone – she wants to have something different! I’m okay with that.

In the meantime, my knitting friend Vickie from BC, gifted me with a couple of boxes of yarn! She recently moved and was feeling overwhelmed with her stash and offered me some of her good stuff to lighten the load! Oh my! talk about Christmas coming early! In the mix, besides 3 huge cones of wool crepe deluxe tweed – be still, my heart! - was 2 cones of Twister from Yeoman Yarns in the denim colourway. This was one of my favourite yarns and unfortunately, as did so many others, was discontinued.  https://knitwords.blogspot.com/2009/06/all-ribbing-aside.html

Anyway, it’s a tweedy wool that I always thought had great yardage and now I’m going to see if I can get 2 lace hoodies out of it! We’ll be matching, fingers crossed!

P.S. don’t tell Vickie, it’s a surprise!