tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54379812011-04-21T14:09:13.620-04:00Nearly Naked Knitting..... who says knitting is only for grannies!Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1064953433592535582003-09-30T16:23:00.000-04:002003-09-30T16:23:53.440-04:00Well I've been away for the last two weeks, but now I'm back. I've also finished the boy's blue sweater - which is now owned proudly by Josh since I didn't make it to the birthday party it was designated for. Pics will follow when the model is willing. I also expect to write up the pattern shortly! Stay tuned.Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1063323886877654552003-09-11T19:44:00.000-04:002003-09-11T19:44:46.816-04:00So, it appears that some more industrious knitters out there have taken up the "ball" of yarn and run with it. For some time I've thought about doing some chemo caps for the children at Children's Hospital here in Boston. My husband is a fellow there and I had asked him to get in touch with some of the oncologists to find out if there was any need for such a thing. Too bad that with a Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1062895388085123672003-09-06T20:43:00.000-04:002003-09-06T20:43:08.026-04:00Well, I know you were all very concerned about my ribbing nightmare. Last night in a fit of pique I ripped it all out. Today I tried to start over, but I couldn't get the gauge I wanted. Cross your fingers for tonight. I think I'm scrubbing the original design idea, as I think that to get it right is going to require a lot more stitches and a lot more yarn. I'll try that again another time.Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1062807231484321012003-09-05T20:13:00.000-04:002003-09-05T20:13:51.560-04:00Ok - I'm facing a peculiar dillema. I'm most of the way up the body of the blue ribby pullover, and I'm just not sure if I like it. The problem is that, as with all ribbing, its very stretchy. The bad thing is that when its not on somebody, it looks as narrow as a sleeve should, instead of a body. When I get my 2 year old to hold still and model it, it seems fine, though it conforms to the Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1062700165964850072003-09-04T14:29:00.000-04:002003-09-04T14:35:57.573-04:00Ok, its been a while, but I just haven't been able to concentrate on posting. I've had a lot of visitors, and have just been doing my best to get outside as much as possible as the good weather is running away from me. Today is wet and miserable, so I can blog! I have finished the green mystery yarn pullover for my friend's baby that I started. Its another top down pattern. The stitch I usedGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1060693820561468522003-08-12T09:10:00.000-04:002003-08-12T09:10:20.630-04:00Well, I've made it to the magic moment on the red cardigan, where you set aside the sleeves and start working the body back and forth. What a relief to be past all that raglan shaping. Now I can just knit back and forth to my heart's content! Except . . . . now I have to decide what to do with the eyelets on the body! I'll think about that tomorrow. Which is why I'm starting another baby Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1059937613394189112003-08-03T15:06:00.000-04:002003-08-03T15:17:57.000-04:00Well, the red cardigan is underway. I love knitting from the top down, as you can get a really good sense of where you stand and you can even start to get a feel for how much yarn you're going to use up. Here's Katie modeling the WIP: I started off with a neck circumference of about 9 inches and I'm gradually increasing as I go down to form the raglan. I've chosen to use yarn overs to form Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1059420290203189422003-07-28T15:24:00.000-04:002003-07-28T15:24:50.210-04:00Well I'm on route to Katie's red chenille cardigan. I'm working it from the top down using yarnovers to increase. I may eventuallly weave some ribbon along the raglan "seams" through the eyelets produced by these decreases as a design element. One idea that I've been toying with is working similar eyelets in a row going down each sleeve (lengthwise) and several locations on the sweater body. Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1058790463588636432003-07-21T08:27:00.000-04:002003-07-22T08:19:18.900-04:00OK - wish I knew why blogspot was taking so long to launch my page. I thought it was just me, but it seems that other blogspot blogs were moving slowly yesterday too. I thought maybe there was something wrong with my computer! OK - got to wear my new Chickami to the Knitsmiths yesterday. Alison was, as usual, well prepared with her digital camera. She's posted a pic of my striped wonder Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1058723743084999892003-07-20T13:55:00.000-04:002003-07-20T13:55:43.163-04:00Sorry its been a while, but I've been off in the wilds of NY. I've finishd my Chickami! Photos to follow soon. I needed to change the i-cord to a three stitch because I was running out of yarn. Since I'm not concerned about covering bra straps, this isn't a major problem. What a great way to use up some old yarn! I used Cottonease, but found that the row gauge wasn't that different from theGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1057686988830930862003-07-08T13:56:00.000-04:002003-07-09T09:31:00.500-04:00Sorry for not posting anything new of late. I've been pretty focused on my job search, which I've finally decided to resurrect a year after moving to Boston and staying at home with the kids. As a corporate lawyer in a dead market, you can imagine that staying home and watching the teletubbies seemed soothing by comparison to pounding the pavement. Alas and alack - all good things must come toGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1057172521132421812003-07-02T15:02:00.000-04:002003-07-06T09:47:09.293-04:00My new WIP is the ChicKami - courtesy of Bonne Marie. I'm planning on use up some white cottonease, together with some navy blue yarn (I have no idea what it is) and maybe a stripe or two of the pink left over from Smooch (just to jazz it up a little bit). The gauge is not the same, as the pattern is written for DK weight, but I'm shifting some numbers around (mostly using Smooch as a launch Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1056996655334814502003-06-30T14:10:00.000-04:002003-06-30T23:01:00.666-04:00By popular demand, the new and improved Nearly Naked Halter has arrived! . The first picture demonstrates how I wove the ribbon yarn to reinforce the top of the tank. Using a plastic yarn needle, I threaded the ribbon through the purl bumps f the garter stitch on the wrong side. The result is the woven fabric shown on the top half of the picture as compared to the straight garter stitch on Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1056944946742983122003-06-29T23:49:00.000-04:002003-06-29T23:49:06.820-04:00Many thanks to Kerstin for the heads up on w.bloggar - the text editor for posts and templates. I met up with Kerstin again today at the Knitsmiths and I have to say, I really like this interface. Kerstin was also wearing her Smooch and we made quite the pair. I spent my time today reworking the Nearly Naked Halter for the fifteenth time. I'm reinforcing the front by weaving in strands Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1056679884245195852003-06-26T22:11:00.000-04:002003-06-26T22:11:24.296-04:00I've been requested to post the pattern for Katie's white sweater. This is not such an easy task, as it was custom made for her and since she is so skinny for her age, it wouldn't be very helpful. I can tell you how I did it. First, I used the following link for the Incredible Custom Fit Raglan Sweater. I worked the cardigan in one piece all the way down to the end, where I split off to Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1056574704866666582003-06-25T16:58:00.000-04:002003-06-25T16:58:24.740-04:00Introducting the new and improved Smooch! I have to say that I'm pleased with the result. I frogged the shoulders last night down to the last eyelet containing a neck decrease row. I then redid the short row shaping. I also reduced the back armhole a little as well. After reading Allison's blog, I was persuaded that the extra four stitches I had on each side when I did my initial shaping Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1056497040973514162003-06-24T19:24:00.000-04:002003-06-24T19:24:00.953-04:00Well I test drove Smooch over the weekend around the house and found it was VERY low cut, but thought I would manage with it. Today was the first really warm day (in fact HOT) around here and I thought - lets break out the smooch. Well - - even after I safety pinned it to my bra it was still too low for the playground. Since that's the only place I spend my time, I've decided to rip out the Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1056419347437232642003-06-23T21:49:00.000-04:002003-06-23T21:49:07.333-04:00For a hoot and a hollar - see this link: "A naked ladies knitting club is all the rage in Britain, forcing the most unlikely to disrobe in the interest of moss preservation and frog crossing. All the more reason for the local cows to make a fashion statement about the full-figured woman."
Talk about the Full Monty! I think that this is enough knitting content for one day. Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1056315533796621212003-06-22T16:58:00.000-04:002003-06-22T16:58:53.850-04:00Well, its pouring rain over here in Boston today. Won't be able to get out to the Knitsmiths today. I'm pretty excited that I've started to get a few visitors to the site. I'm sure its through Allison's web site. Once I figure out how, I'll get some good buttons up. I only have a few minutes a day to deal with the blog in between taking care of the kids. If you read me, please leave me a Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1056138470008943012003-06-20T15:47:00.000-04:002003-06-20T15:52:16.746-04:00Okay - so now we're in business. I've got the pictures up and running. The smooch tank is all finished! Click here! I'm also posting my finished Nearly Naked Halter. You may think its a purse, but if you open it up you'll see its just one big trapezoid .
For fun, I'm also attaching two pics of a white cardigan I did for my daughter. Its knit in one piece from the top down. The sleeves Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1056049752599443902003-06-19T15:09:00.000-04:002003-06-19T15:09:12.703-04:00Well, I've finished Smooch, and after a lot of frogging I think I'm finally happy with the result. It took a lot of effort to get the neckline to come out looking symmetrical (and I'm still not convinced there isn't a better way out there). Ultimately, I reversed the eyelet decreases so that they would come out equally "bumpy" on either side. I also shortened the neckline by just reducing the Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1054903091567951642003-06-06T08:38:00.000-04:002003-06-06T08:38:11.623-04:00OK - some might be wondering about the title. Besides it being a shameless ploy to get my blog to come up on lots of google searches for all the wrong reasons, its mostly inspired by the Tangerine Nearly Naked Halter which started out as an experiment to replace a coral colored shirt that I thought was lost by the jerks in airport secuirty. In reality, I found the top at the back of my closet, Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1054775643277691852003-06-04T21:14:00.000-04:002003-06-04T21:14:03.333-04:00I've been spending more time lately trying to figure out how to format this blog than I actually have on knitting. I have, however made progress on Smooch. Here is a test picture using my crappy webcam. I actually have a good digital camera, but I'm trying to get this done fast and dirty. Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437981.post-1054266422555757382003-05-29T23:47:00.000-04:002003-06-02T09:31:51.126-04:00I'm pretty excited to be joining the whole blogging world. I've been inspired to post based on my current involvement in the great smooch tank knitalong. As everyone else on Alison's list seems to have a blog, I thought I'd better join in the fun.
My progress on Smooch has not been great. After failing to properly follow Alison's careful instructions on the picot edging, I had to frog what IGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109746528845152021noreply@blogger.com