Tag: Penelope
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Choosing a Color for Penelope
Every year for the fall Untangling Knots KAL, I seem to choose a neutral color for my sweater, and I decided to stick with that for this year’s Penelope KAL. I know for sure that I’m going with black as my main color. I’ve been wish I had a mostly black cardigan, but since black…
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The Penelope KAL
Fall is almost here, and that means the Fall Untangling Knots KAL is right around the corner! This year we’re knitting Penelope, a full-length cardigan with sweet, simple, stranded-colorwork scallops. The KAL starts on October 1st, so you can get your yarn and check your gauge, and then you’ll have until November 25th to finish…
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Almost Done
I really was hoping to finish this sweater before the OAL kicked off, and I got pretty close! I’ve got my ends woven in, although they still need to be trimmed, and I just need to add my buttons and block the sweater. Amazingly, I found buttons that matched both colors here! I spent a…
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Early Morning Knitting
The sun woke me up much earlier than I would have liked this morning. I don’t feel like I live that far north because our climate is pretty mild, but the truth is hard to ignore when it gets close to the solstice. It’s nice when it stays light out really late, but the trade-off…
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Onto Those Sleeves!
It’s been awhile since I last shared this WIP on the blog! I finished the body, and then the sweater got put on hold while I tried to decide on what to do with the sleeves and tried to make some progress on my sweater vest. I finally settled on 3/4 length and got back…