Swatch & Other updates

August 4th, 2004 at 6:31 pm (bjerk, hardangervidda, socks)

I put off casting on for Hardangervidda’s sleeves for a few days (shame on me!). So what did I do in the meantime? A swatch for Bjerk:

bjerkswatch_08042004

I tried several times to get the colors to show up fairly true and not wash out because of the photo. Overall I’m fairly pleased with the color combinations on this. The contrast between the dark blue & the dark purple is a bit more subtle than I would like (We’ve got two colors that are exactly the same value). You have to have exactly the right lighting to really see it well. If you look at the 2nd colorway shown in the book (green/brown/green) the contrast is much higher. The contrast is more subtle in the first colorway (terra cotta/burgandy/red), but still higher than what I’ve picked out. The questions is: Will the pattern stand out enough, or be lost? The pattern is really the high point of the sweater, so I want to make sure and do it right. I’m wondering if I should do a larger swatch (also to verify the spot color isn’t too overwhelming). Hmm..

I did start Hardangervidda’s sleeve:
hvidda_sleeve_08042004

And here is Katie’s sock:
katie_sock_08042004

I have high hopes that both Hardangervidda and katie’s socks (a full pair!) will be done before winter hits us.

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Eek a Steek!

August 1st, 2004 at 2:45 pm (hardangervidda)

Step 1 of Hardangervidda’s body is complete. I stayed up late last night to finish the last 4 rows and put all the shoulder stitches on separate holders.

Front neck before steeking:
front_neck_before

Front neck after:
front_neck_after

I did steek the back neck, but it was only four rows, and no pattern (although one color change) so I should have just gone back and forth there. Owell. I ended up doing the tiniest steek here.

Back before steeking:
back_neck_before

Back after steeking:
back_neck_after

And here is the body, actually looking somewhat like a sweater:
full_body

Ain’t it gorgeous? I still have the 3 stitch wide steek to sew & cut for the zipper. I’m going to wait until I read through directions for that section before cutting. I wish I had made that one 5 stitches wide like I did the neck part. Owell - hopefully the sweater will survive my audacity to think I could handle a 3 stitch wide steek!

You might also have noticed that I left the back neck stitches on a holder - that should save time when it comes to picking up stitches along the back. I didn’t do that for the front because I knew I’d be cutting there again and wasn’t quite sure how the finishing would go.

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