I hope you've all been thinking about yarn! I made my final decision. I'll be knitting my sweater in ivory, and ordered KnitPicks Comfy yarn. It's mostly pima cotton with a bit of acrylic, and should be perfect for Spring and early Summer wear. In this installment, I just want to touch briefly on a couple of topics we'll focus on as we go along. One that may apply to some of you: making modifications. One that will ... Read more »
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Briar Rose Vintage KAL: Yarn and supplies
It's Monday and I'm going to talk a little bit about yarn and supplies for our knit-along!YarnWe know that our pattern, Briar Rose, is knit in fingering weight yarn. In the yarn world, this is pretty thin stuff. I like the below picture from KNITFreedom which really gives you a good idea just how much thinner fingering weight is than heavier yarns. What we're looking to use is towards the top of this chart.Image from ... Read more »
Briar Rose Vintage KAL: Fit, Estimating Yardage
Today is our first meaty knit-along post for the Briar Rose Vintage Knit-Along!I'm going to try to tackle a couple of issues we'll have to deal with early on: fit and estimating yardage for yarn.One of the reasons I’m glad we’ll be working Briar Rose is that it’s a stockinette (sometimes called stocking stitch) sweater. I know that might seem boring to some, but that works well for this knit-along as it will make ... Read more »
Vintage sweater knit-along: The winner is…
While we prepare here for what the National Weather Service is calling a "dangerous multifaceted and life threatening winter storm" that's in theory going to dump anywhere from 12-20" of snow on us (yikes!), I'm ready to announce the winning pattern for our vintage sweater knit-along. Drumroll please......With about twice as many people interested in it than any other pattern, the winning vintage pattern for our ... Read more »
Vintage knitting pattern: Topnotcher
Happy Friday! For you vintage knit-alongers, just a little note to say I'm going to let the preliminary post simmer for a few more days to get more opinions, and then next week will reveal the winning pattern so we can start thinking about yarn and supplies. :) Today is cold. This is old news for Chicago in January. But I thought I'd share one of my favorite winter items: my Topnotcher bonnet. You'll have to pardon ... Read more »
Vintage sweater knit-along: Preliminary post #1
This is the first of probably a few preliminary posts for our vintage sweater knit-along! (Never mind the fact that I’m having to write this twice, since I accidentally deleted my draft that I’d spent hours working on. Oh no, we won’t talk about that since it might incite rage in me.)Anyway, I wanted to talk about some of the basics for the knit-along. We’ll be knitting a short-sleeved sweater from a vintage pattern. ... Read more »