I finished the sweater! For the last time!
I'll need to get a picture.

I attached the sleeves to the body, and have started working up toward the shoulders. I tried it on the other night when Lizzie Bennet came over, and it looks like it will be flattering when it's done. As opposed the the last time it was done.

Last night I took off the arms and ripped them out. I have a big ball of yarn now, and a torso. Again. I messed around a little, to figure out how many stitches I want for the sleeves. I am going to do a small lace "thingy" down the middle of the sleeve, too, I think. I think I have it figured out, and should be able to really start in tonight

As some of you already know, I'm not happy with how my first sweater turned out. The neckline is just a little too weird ( Read more... )

My roses are blooming nicely, but they still have aphids and black spot. Sigh. But I saw a ladybug the other day, eating the nasty aphids! Yeah ( Read more... )

I spent to whole day yesterday watching "Dead Like Me" (thank you, Lizziebennet!) and quite a bit of it knitting. I have only one episode and the special features left ( Read more... )

I STILL haven't finished the sleeves for my sweater. I have about 2 more inches to do on the first one. I have done more than 4 inches so far today, because I've been a lazy bum and lolled around in bed since about 11, watching movies on the laptop and knitting. But I ran out of movies ( Read more... )

Well, after I showed off how much I'd gotten done when everyone was over...and worked a couple more inches...I ripped it all out and started over. But it's a good thing. I decided that the pattern really didn't go with the ribbing I wanted. And I'd discovered that I DO have a circular needle in that size. So I'm doing it on the circular in ( Read more... )

is a big project, but I may be ready for it. I hope so, since I started one this afternoon. :) I couldn't find a pattern that I really liked in any of my books, so I'm modifying one. Heavily modifying it. I hope it turns out ok! It's based on a simple stockinette stitch sweater in a book, with inspiration from a knit top from the same book ( Read more... )