Congratulate me.
All of the pieces of my sister's sweater, save for the collar, are finished. After a good, hard blocking (can't we all use one of those?) seaming shall commence. Ah, how I love to seam! A little mattress stitch is a beautiful thing.
The only challenge is the collar. I'd like to do one that's double-layered (which is what the inspiration sweater seems to have), in seed stitch, and one that lies relatively flat. I'm guessing that if I pick up stitches for the collar, I'll have to do some decreases to a point, then some increases to match the original stitch count, and sew it down. Does that sound right? Am I missing something blatantly obvious?
The Chamonix won the race through the US Mail, so the Adrienne V. sweater will be the first of the two made. The color isn't exactly what I was hoping for, although I can't say the color on the monitor lied. It's more of a green-brown than a chocolate-brown, but I'll make it work. Even Matthew thought it was deliciously, buttery soft.
My latest crazy Christmas knitting idea is to make some headbands for my girl cousins (but, er... what about my BOY cousins??). There's panta and Nakiska that would serve those purposes quite well, yes. Boys are so much more difficult to please when it comes to knitting. What can you make them? Hats. Mittens. Large, complicated things, instead of the pretty little things like crocheted flower pins that you can give to girls. Stupid boys!
Tipper @ 9:43 PM * link
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