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a little winter welcome

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Sweater: Notre Dame Pullover, IK Summer 2007
Yarn: Reynolds Andean Alpaca Regal, Shade
Size: 40 inches (needed 10 balls yarn, however, not 9)
Buttons: Bloodwood Special, hand made by SOP
Alterations: Thumbholes!
Beer: Samual Smith’s Winter Welcome Ale

Today it snowed!

Heute schneite es!

Knöpfe von SOP
notre dame, button close-up
buttons crafted by SOP

Daumenlöcher!!
a little winter welcome ale

Thumbholes!

Geschnappt!
it's warm outside

Caught!

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cabled cardigan

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

cable-cardigan

you might find it hard to believe, seeing as it hasn’t really been mentioned, but the cabled cardigan is done! Honestly, the only reason I take so long to finish a sweater is that, with beer being taxed at 86% in utah, i have to save up to buy the celebratory drink!

Man wird vielleicht erstaunt, da ich ihn kaum erwähnt habe, aber der Cabled Cardigan ist fertig!. Leider muss ich langsam stricken um mir meinen feierlichen Umtrunk zu leisten, da Bier im Utah auf 86% besteuert ist.

Pattern:
Cabled Cardigan VogueKnitting Winter 05/06
Designer:
Kathy Zimmerman
Yarn:
Beaverslide Wool in Charcoal
leftover from this sweater for sop
changes
made the sleeves in a medium and the body in a small, adjusting the sleeve openings as required
likes
this has a super broad collar that will keep the back of my neck warm once the temperatures have dropped 30 degrees
dislikes
bobbles are not necessarily my thing

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Gradient Redux

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

i loved the idea of a gradient sweater. So much, i’ve made two.

Die Idee eines Pullis mit Farbverlauf hat mich sehr interessiert. Ich habe sogar zwei gestrickt.

gradient-redux1

stats
pattern
mine? Based off the idea of a babajoes (site now defunct, or i’d provide a link - thanks Twig!) sweater, morphed into the yoke sweater from last time and then into a raglan sweater this time. Included EZ’s neck shaping that i love!
yarn / garn
Cascade EcoWool(3 skeins - two colors)
needles / nadeln
Clover Bamboo, U.S. 11 / 8 mm
beer / bier
Samuel Smiths Organic Lager - a fine compliment to an Eco-Wool sweater

Wart mal, ich muss mir die Haare kaemmengradient-redux2
oh wait, i have to fix my hair

Es steht hier, dass das Bier ‘organisch’ ist…
gradient-redux3
right here, it says ‘organic’

und es schmeckt auch nicht schlecht!
gradient-redux4
and it doesn’t taste bad either!

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refined raglan

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

Finished way back in 2006, my Refined Raglan sweater from the Winter 2006 Interweave Knits finally has a beer and a picture:

Vollendet schon im 2006, meiner Refined Raglan Pulli aus dem Winter 2006 Interweave Knits kriegt endlich ein Bier und ein Foto:

refined raglan 2

refined raglan 1

stats
pattern
Refined Raglan, Interweave Knits Winter 2006
yarn
Elsebeth Lavold’s Silky Wool in Charcoal (5 skeins)
needles
Susannes Rosewood Needles, 3.5mm & Addi Natura, 3.0mm
alterations/aenderungen
i shaped the back of the neck as EZ describes in Knitting Without Tears, i also used a contrast color for the inside of the sleeve cuff
ich habe die Rueckseite des Halsbands wie EZ in Knitting without Tears ausgestaltet. Ich habe auch ein entgegensetzende Garnfarbe fuer das Innenteil des Armbandes benutzt
should have changed / Gewuenschte Aenderungen
Contrasting yarn on the inside of the bottom hem. Should have also made the bottom hem longer as my row gauge was significantly less than the pattern’s. Also would leave out the lace holes on the raglan and do a cable or something instead as the holes look a bit odd with the yarn i used.
Ich haette entgegensetzendes Garn fuer den Saum auch benutzen sollen. Den Saum haette ich auch laenger stricken sollen, da ich mehere Reihen pro cm kriege als bei dem Muster. Zudem, wuerde ich den Spitzenloecher auslassen und nur ein Kabel oder so was machen, weil die Loecher etwas seltsam wirken bei dem benutzten Garn.

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