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Yet another Blast from the Past

My knitting efforts from my college years were better than I thought. I saw my sister this weekend, and she returned to me a cardigan that I had knit for her sometime around 1980.

I had knit a similar cardigan for myself, and she liked it so much she asked me to knit one for her. I remember the pattern being from a magazine.

Too bad it's made of acrylic. Other flaws: the buttons are cute but too small for the buttonholes, the sleeves are too long, and the seaming is bulky. Still - the tension and the stitches are very nice, and this is back when I had a very inefficient and painful way of grasping the yarn and the needles.

I have really enjoyed all the political posts on the other knitting blogs this week. I feel like I'm in good company with the knit-blogger community (for the most part...some of the commenters over at At My Knits End are mean-spirited.) Turns out that most of my favorite blogs are in blue states or Canada. Keep up the good work, all of you!

Comments

hi! i found your blog through the knitting blogs webring, and read about your 8 y/o dd. i taught my now 9 y/o dd to knit last year, and she didn't like it all too much - mainly b/c she'd make a mistake and then get really discouraged. what kind of yarn are you guys using? i picked out all the wrong kinds for my dd, and she expressed an interest in trying again. oh, and cool 80s sweater! it might just be a trend revisited soon; hang on to it!

Posted by: michelle at November 5, 2004 08:49 PM