After ripping out 4″ I actually made some progress yesterday. Thirteen inches. Two more to go to get to the armhole shaping.Â
Emily, do not laugh when I say this: I am making some changes to the pattern. I really see this more as a raglan, so that is what I’m going to do. The other change is based on my yarn stash. I don’t have enough to make the sleeves long, so they’ll be 3/4 length. When I make long sleeves, they really need to be l-o-o-o-o-n-g, so not enough yarn.Â
I’ll post a picture tonight.
Coincidences are strange things. Today Elizabeth from Swedish Yarn Imports called me. I had called her months ago, before starting my Hanne Falkenberg Mermaid jacket, and asked her if I could special order an extra ball of each of the three colors. She explained that all the yarn comes to her in kits and that it is very difficult to obtain single balls of yarn. Well, I went ahead and proceeded without the extra yarn and finished my Mermaid weeks ago. In fact, I wore it today for the first time — the day that Elizabeth called to say she had the extra yarn for the Mermaid kit that I had asked about. [theme from Twilight Zone] doo-doo-doo-doo; doo-doo-doo-doo.
Here is the Summer Tweed Update (15 1/2″):
The color of this yarn is a really gorgeous periwinkle with white and pink nubs. Here it looks brown! Maybe future pics will be more accurate.Â
Rainey sisters, I love the blog! This format is a great idea. Love the photos, both finished projects and works in progress. I have to say that when I first saw the photo at the top, I thought the two of you had dressed up and put on wigs just for the blog. You don’t look a bit different except for shorter hair. Honestly. Give us more!
Comment by Keith — March 28, 2006 @ 7:06 am
Keith, your comment really had me LOL! I almost fell off my chair. All my knitting friends love the picture, too. We were such young babes, weren’t we?
Comment by Susan — March 28, 2006 @ 7:44 am
“Emily, do not laugh when I say this: I am making some changes to the pattern.”
Now please, what on earth about THIS statement would make Emily or anyone else for that matter laugh.
Comment by viclin — March 28, 2006 @ 2:11 pm