Tag: Christmas 2014
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Christmas Sweater Update #7
I didn’t get my sweater done in time for my knitting group’s Christmas party last Saturday. Although I probably could have seamed up all of my pieces and worn it, my colorwork always looks terrible if I haven’t wet blocked it, and I didn’t want to wear a sweater with sad, wrinkled colorwork on the…
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Christmas Sweater Update #6
I quickly seamed up my three finished sweater pieces on my Christmas sweater, and sadly, my sleeve is too short as I suspected. It’s only maybe half an inch too short to be passable, and two inches shorter than I’d like. I can actually pull it down to a passable length, but then I lose…
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Christmas Sweater Update #4
I recently went to Hawaii to attend a beautiful wedding, and the only project I packed was my Christmas sweater. I didn’t want to knit on anything that felt like work, and this simple, portable sleeve was the perfect choice. Plus, I hadn’t worked on it very much in the month of June, so it…
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Christmas Sweater Update #3
You might be looking at that little blob of knitting and thinking, “There’s no way that’s half of a full length sleeve.” And you’d be correct. It’s not. I think that’s just how my Christmas sweater project is going to go because the same thing happened with my back. I knit 1/4 one month and…
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Christmas Sweater Update #2
When I did my last sweater update, I wasn’t quite on track with the schedule I made for myself, but today I am! I was supposed to finish the back, and I did. It’s still on my needles because you’re supposed to leave the stitches for both the neckband and the shoulders live, but it’s…