The little sweater that could…

I really had to psych myself up to finish this one. After the body was too large and I had to rip about 10 inches of it, I ripped it and grumbled my way through. On Christmas Eve I noticed the sleeves seemed ridiculously wide, but I just had to finish it anyway. I...

Cleaning up last year’s mistakes

Sigh. What should have been the most straightforward and fast sweater for Matt has turned out to be a bit of a pain. I’m making him an Ease, adapting it to have a narrower neck, no waist curve, and shorter ribbing at the bottom and cuffs. Simple, right? Almost...

Oh yeah, I cast on a new sweater.

As soon as I got Paloma off my needles and cast on an Ease for Matt. My gauge is slightly different from the pattern, as mine is 17 sts over 4 inches since I decided to do this on an 8. I made it more masculine by making the neck narrower. To do that without doing...

At ease: Some brief thoughts about sweater sizing

The part of my brain allotted to dissertation mode is fully on vacation till at least January 6th. It feels good. I have the hand portion of one Wending wrister to finish tonight, then they’ll get a light blocking. I have the Latte Baby Coat to show soon. Z was...