Those are just a few of the little swatches I’ve made this past week. All in all I think I’ve made about 10. I’ll confess that yesterday in a moment of weakness I even considered making it a bottom-up sweater. I know this wouldn’t be an issue if I had to make decreases every row. […]
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Happy Thoughts
So, first off. How does one appropriately thank her readers for the amazingly sweet comments? You guys had me smiling all day yesterday! Thank you so much! And lemme tell ya, it was really helpful after a night of swatching the raglan increases. I won’t bore you with a pic of a stack of no’s, […]
Fifty
Joining Stashbusters was just the nudge I needed. On Sunday, I updated my stash spreadsheet. I haven’t touched it much since creating it in the beginning of the year. Avoidance is great for self-deception. I had yarn to add that I had found around the house (in fact, there’s still 9 or 10 skeins of […]
Three
I’ve knit one full ball of yarn and I’m 6 rows away from completing the raglan. I like the inch of 1×1 ribbing, and the tubular cast on. I also like how the sleeves are proportionally smaller on this version (which is good since that was the whole point of changing those increases). But guess […]
Raglan Fix
You guys are great! So many volunteers to test knit, and already a few who would consider buying the pattern. It was all the encouragement I needed! I think I’ve ironed out all the issues with the raglan pattern so I’m going to start fresh. I’m anxious to get the pattern completed and the bottom […]
Standard Body Measurements and Test Knitting
The reaction to my black raglan has gotten me thinking that I may offer the pattern up for sale. I’m still mulling this around but I do need a little help. Does anyone have a good source for standard body measurements? If I grade the pattern I need to have some basic body measurements. Also, […]