not a pile of sweater pieces! I'm totally going to finish this by Christmas - in plenty of time! I'll have extra time to try to squeeze in Christmas knits that will only serve to make me stressed and crazy. super! But back to the sweater! I'm pretty darn happy with this thing - even though the sleeves are more fitted than I'm sure my mom wants (she kind of wanted a traditional dropped shoulder boxy kind of thing, but instead of making her happy and making something that'd probably be easier than this was, I opted to make what I thought would look good on her. I hate it when people do that to me.) I plan to block them as full as I can. I'm also going to add an inch or so of 1x1 rib at the bottom just to rein it in a bit - she's a tiny little thing, but wanted the sweater to be loose. Because of that, I know the bottom is going to flair out and not look nice. If she totally hates that part, I'll just rip it and it'll be gone (because I'll have to pick up stitches along the bottom to add it.) I recently got the Alterknit Felts book after hearing about it on the Webs podcast. I decided that I'd make some felted ornaments for my mum as well. This is the before shot.
I'm going to do some embroidery before and some after - depending on whether or not the stuff is wool, probably. Oh, and I'll probably do some beads or sequins afterwards too - just for added bedazlement! I'm crocheting another because it just seemed faster. I figure I'll do several then felt them all. These are some of the yarns I plan to use (the little bits are from my Elann yarn subscription - a perfect use!!)
They're all kinds of fun, and really fast! I'm also going to do a couple of Eunny's cabled ornaments to put in, just so they aren't all felted.
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I heart those ornaments, Chris! I think the sweater will look great on your Mom.
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