I have been a little slow both with crafting and with posting lately - somehow not having a job and a routine seems to disrupt everything for me, I seem to waste all the free time I have doing I'm not sure exactly what. I have sewn a few bits and bobs that I haven't bothered to blog about out of sheer laziness, and on the knitting front I have been working on one cardigan, Liesl, incredibly slowly!
Don't ask me what exactly happened. I think I started working on this in January, and pretty much finished the body in a couple of weeks - its a pretty easy and fast knit once you get going with the lace pattern. I even bought some buttons in anticipation of finishing it.
But then, I left it for maybe about a month before I did the first sleeve (which took me one evening to finish). Then, unexplainably I left it for a couple of months, pretty much forgot about it to be honest, until I made plans with a friend, who suggested we go for coffee, cake and knitting. Now, I forgot to take it with me to the date, but I did become motivated to finish the last sleeve. Hurrah! A woolly cardigan ready, just in time for summer!
I've made Liesl twice before (definitely got my money's worth!), once as a tiny little crop thing out of cotton for summer, for a friend, and once for me in a sort of cropped version, mainly because I couldn't get hold of more of the same yarn to make it longer. This time I was determined to make it a full length cardigan with 3/4 sleeves to make it a bit more wearable.
I also added a picot bind-off , although whether this was successful is debatable. At the very least I think it adds a bit more texture and interest to the edge.
It's fairly straightforward as the lace pattern is really easy to memorize, and the fact that it uses biggish needles means its fast too - the perfect project for all the rowan silk twist I bought at a bargain at the knitting and stitching show (and I have a ton of it left still, lots of Christmas presents in green silk this year!).
Don't ask me what exactly happened. I think I started working on this in January, and pretty much finished the body in a couple of weeks - its a pretty easy and fast knit once you get going with the lace pattern. I even bought some buttons in anticipation of finishing it.
But then, I left it for maybe about a month before I did the first sleeve (which took me one evening to finish). Then, unexplainably I left it for a couple of months, pretty much forgot about it to be honest, until I made plans with a friend, who suggested we go for coffee, cake and knitting. Now, I forgot to take it with me to the date, but I did become motivated to finish the last sleeve. Hurrah! A woolly cardigan ready, just in time for summer!
I've made Liesl twice before (definitely got my money's worth!), once as a tiny little crop thing out of cotton for summer, for a friend, and once for me in a sort of cropped version, mainly because I couldn't get hold of more of the same yarn to make it longer. This time I was determined to make it a full length cardigan with 3/4 sleeves to make it a bit more wearable.
I also added a picot bind-off , although whether this was successful is debatable. At the very least I think it adds a bit more texture and interest to the edge.
It's fairly straightforward as the lace pattern is really easy to memorize, and the fact that it uses biggish needles means its fast too - the perfect project for all the rowan silk twist I bought at a bargain at the knitting and stitching show (and I have a ton of it left still, lots of Christmas presents in green silk this year!).
