Tag: KAL
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Check Your Work
Today’s blog post was going to be about how I didn’t do nearly as much knitting this weekend as I planned to, but as I was picking out pictures for this blog post I started thinking, “Huh, that sleeve cap looks really weird.” I looked at my knitting from a distance and saw that it…
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Sleeve #1 and KAL News
I got my first sleeve off the needles! My pink Chuck is coming along nicely, although now it’s on hold while I quickly knit up a hat. I need my 5mm needles with a 16 inch cable for my hat projects, and I don’t own very many duplicate needles. Not having duplicates means that I…
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Pink Chuck Update
I was feeling really behind with the Selfish Sweater KAL earlier this week. The FO thread already has sweaters added to it, and I’ve only just done the first cables, but then I realized that we’re only about two weeks into the KAL! I’m not knitting my Chuck super speedily, but there’s more than a…
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The Selfish Sweater KAL Begins
Today is the first day of the Selfish Sweater KAL, so I cast on my Chuck this morning. Chuck starts off a little differently than my other sweater patterns because the back of the neck scoops down a touch. The back is worked a bit like the front. I cast on the top of the…
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There’s a Pink Chuck in My Future
I’ve got my yarn and pattern picked out for the Selfish Sweater KAL that starts on Friday. I finally decided on knitting another Chuck in bright pink. I was trying to pick out what color to use, and I realized that I don’t have many pink sweaters. Pink is a color that I sometimes struggle…