Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Yarn Along


{Wednesday Yarn Along with Ginny. Won't you join in?}






The sewing craziness around here is almost done. A few more little things to share in this space and to finish at the machine and then I'm done sewing for the season.


I started Ellie's little Stripey Cardigan back in June, and as I've had to make design decisions about it I kept putting it down in favor of things where I could just. keep. knitting. I found this fabric while hunting down other material and immediately thought of the little cardigan and how perfectly it matched! I grabbed both fabrics and plan a little dress out of each, and maybe a skirt too if I have enough left over.






I started back to work on the cardigan after finding that fabric. I just did a bit of decreasing at the bottom of that sleeve so it won't be quite so wide and then I'm going to put a few stripes at the bottom before finishing it up and moving on to the other sleeve. I did decide that I'm probably going to go back to the bottom of the body and try seed stitch instead of the 1x1 ribbing and see if I like that better for the finished edge. If not, I'll do the 1x1 ribbing again, but not so much of it. It's not looking delicate enough to me as it stands now.


I started reading Wuthering Heights on the kindle and I'm about 1/3 of the way through. I've never read it before, and it always takes my brain about a paragraph to reset to the writing style and more complex sentence structure. The boys and I are still listening to Farmer Boy together.


What are you reading and making this week?


10 comments:

  1. Withering Heights is one of my favorite books of all time! The sweater and fabric are perfect together... I hope you will show it to us when the project is all done!

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  2. *wuthering... Darn autocorrect!

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  3. The fabric and your lovely cardigan do match perfectly and I think your idea of more delicate seed stitch is great. I'll look forward to seeing your finished projects!

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  4. I love love love Wuthering heights immensely :) It's teenage angst at it's finest. I love Cathy Sr. Heathcliff and every other mental person in the book!! Love the sweater and the stripes are beautiful.

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  5. How nice to find some fabric that so perfectly (!!) matches! :) Have not read Wuthering Heights and now I think I'll have to. One of the things I love most about YA each week is the book recommendations. Enjoy your knitting!

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  6. isn't it funny how discovering some complimentary fabric will give such a boost to the knitting!!! great outfits!!!!

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  7. The cardigan looks amazing.

    Here's my WIP: http://mibruno.com/en-proceso-109/

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  8. Nothing makes me smile more when the project and the project bag match! I'm not sure why, but it makes me want to squeeee!!!!

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  9. Cardigan is lovely, how great that you found those fabrics, they all go so well together.

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  10. Isn't wonderful how finding the right fabric can just push along another project. The fabrics and sweater are beautiful.

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