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  • Road to a Sweater: week 8

    Week 8. Time to wear our sweaters! Let’s have a progress check: Kathy has had some fine knitting time. “I finished both sleeves this week. I did the cable pattern twice at the cuff instea...
    Nov 26, 2012 1 Comment

  • Road to a Sweater: Week 7

    We should be working on the sleeves this week. Reality check: this week the flu swept through our house. Except “through” would imply that it came and went. I think it just came, and hung ...
    Nov 19, 2012 3 Comments

  • Road to a Sweater: Week 7

    This week, we were to finish off the bottom, and begin the sleeves. Kathy has been tracking right on! (Go Kathy!) The Pattern for Dawn shows a larger 3/4 sleeve. Kathy would prefer a conventional tap...
    Nov 12, 2012 No Comments

  • Road to a Sweater: Week 6

    Here we are at Week 6 and we have heard reports of success and progress. Kathy: She has finished the body! (whoo hoo!) And she has started on the sleeves: Here is a detail of the pick up stitches in...
    Nov 05, 2012 1 Comment

  • 8 weeks to a Sweater: Week 5

    As we travel this road to a sweater – that we all have vowed to finish- before the holidays – we have reached week 5. From the sound of it, the shoulders and shaping threw many of us into ...
    Oct 29, 2012 No Comments

  • Road to a Sweater: week 4

    We last checked in with you, we were working on the ches, and getting to the division for the arms. This week the assignment is to get through the armpit, and work down to the waist shaping. It is als...
    Oct 22, 2012 8 Comments

  • Road to a Sweater: Week 3

    Week 3 Each sweater we make is completely different. Our commonality only lies in the top-down construction. We are working through the top section, shoulders and increases. Once you have the shoulder...
    Oct 15, 2012 5 Comments

  • Book Review: Ann Budd Knitters Handy Book Of Top Down Sweaters

    I have a new book in my knitting library. Ann Budd: The Knitter’s Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes and Gauges. That is a BIG name for this book. But it is the na...
    Sep 24, 2012 1 Comment