For the 4th time or so, I've had to rip back rows and rows the of the chunky sweater I'm knitting in the round. I keep forgetting to make the decreases where necessary and somewhere along the way, the number of stitches on the 2 fronts stopped matching. It's really getting on my nerves.
I'm dreaming of the next project I want to make, and this post by Jane Brocket makes me want to make a super stripy afghan.
However, the sweater is really close to being done, or would be if I had paid closer attention so wouldn't have to keep ripping back. Plus it's for someone else, so I really do need to finish it.
I'm really happy with the way the Hermia cardigan turned out . It's my 4th sweater I've knit for me and finally I have something I actually wear outside the house. So I'm psyched to make another cardigan for me to wear.
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Those stripes look incredible together. What gorgeous fabric! My quilt store had a big sale this weekend. I went in to sign up for a class at the discounted rate and to apply my $50 gift certificate to it. Matthew gave that to me as a Christmas gift last year. Sadly, the only time the class is offered this fall is on a Friday, so I can't attend. She said it will be offered on both a Friday and a Saturday in the first part of the year, so I can take the Saturday one. It is a machine quilting class. All I've done is straight-line quilting and I really want to do fun things like shapes and swirls and stuff.
Since the certificate expires at the end of the year, I HAD to use it up and I applied it toward a fun kit. The center is a white square, where I'll embroider some plants, and then the design around it is red and white prints. It will be a pretty wall hanging for our bedroom.
I'm glad you made a sweater for yourself. I've been pretty good about alternating between projects for me and those for gifts. Right now I'm sewing a cardigan for myself. The J. Jill catalog came and I see they are selling one very much like the one I'm making. There's costs $79 and mine will run about $6. True, mine isn't silk, but it will suit me just fine.
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