Bit by bit, I finished the striped hoodie for Vickie – I think that was a record for things hanging around my workroom! I started it on May 9 and just finished it up this week! Good thing I wasn’t worried about a deadline! What can I say? The weather has improved and it's nice to be outside! Now to find a box and get it to the post! ;))
Also managed to get Rhiana’s grad cardi done just in time – yesterday was the graduation - she looked lovely, so grown up! It was too hot for the cardi but it’s all good – she likes it and can wear it later with jeans and a white tank.
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changed out the original design a bit – the edgings that Ev used were really
nice but a bit time-consuming, especially considering I was using the brushed
mohair and there’s nothing like that type of yarn to make one feel like a
newbie knitter again! The hairy bits get caught up in the brushes and when you’re
shortrowing, talk about loops at the edges!! Ripping out the row carefully and
pulling up on the yarn at the beginning of each row became necessity! The
easiest part was the two lace panels! I started off with waste yarn, knit the two
pieces of lace for the skirt, separated by waste yarn and ravel cord, and added my favourite tuck hem, #33, XOXO Trim from Band
Practice and used it for all the finished edges. Now, I’ll be back to doing something for me! Stay tuned! Happy Canada Day!
2 comments:
Happy Canada Day from Indiana !
Beautiful cardi.
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