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January 06, 2004
Blast From the Past #6
I found another old knitting project to add to my "Blast From the Past" series of reports.
I was reading on Uli's blog about a kids sweater she was knitting, and how it seemed like the hood was taking forever. And that reminded me of this sweater that I knit about three years ago:
In fact, I think it was this project that got me started back to hand knitting after many years of not doing it. I can't believe I forgot to post about it earlier.
The yarn is Lion Brand Homespun and the pattern was free on a tear-sheet at Hobby Lobby. I see that the same pattern is now available online. (Not sure if that link will work - look for "Hooded Sweater" under the children's portion of the knitting pattern index.)
Anyway, it was fairly easy pattern but not very well executed on my part. Good thing you can't see the seams and the finish work! But my daughter loved it and wore it until it got all pilly looking. Acrylic yarn is so awful! Wouldn't this have been cute in Noro Kureyon? And it would still be as pretty as the day it was knit.
Notice how I seamed the hood inside out.
I have been swatching off and on today. Vanessa very kindly left some comments about giving Combined Knitting a try. This looks very promising, and some googling has led me to believe that there are a lot of knitters out there who have become believers in this.
I might look through my stash tonight and find something else to do where I can put this Combined Knitting into practice. Speaking of Kureyon, I wonder what I could do with two (unfortunately not three) skeins of it? A smaller version of a Booga Bag?