Life has gotten in the way of the blog recently. In the past few weeks we have lost a car, gained a swamp cooler, witnessed Jameson start pulling himself up, and had way too much stress with my husband’s job. If you’re a praying person, please pray for the family of this officer.
But I have been knitting, and finished the top-down sleeveless tee.
I am working on writing up the pattern. It’s obviously a very basic piece, but the construction is unique and makes it very easy to customize to fit. I want to offer the pattern in a large range of sizes, and so the grading is giving me a little trouble, but I’m nearly done with that.
The pattern is going to be written so that you can simply follow it step-by-step and get a good result, or follow along and make small changes based on how it fits as you work and get a great result. The pattern should be finished in a week or so.
The really great thing about this shirt is that the sleeves — set in sleeves, mind you, were knit at the same time as the body. No seaming, no matching. If you’re like me and love to knit stockinette in the round, this sweater will just fly by for you. I finished in 11 days, and that includes ripping out the sleeve hems once and the neck twice. It’s a quick knit despite the fine gauge.
Leanne said,
June 20, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
WOW!! very lovely. i hope someday i have the patience to actually knit something bigger than a scarf!
i also like the fact that you don’t have to sew the sleeves on. i will definitely be watching for the pattern.
cheers,
Leanne