The Debbie Sweater
May 13th, 2006 at 7:37 am (uncategorized)
A new sweater is in the works. This one is for me!! It’s a cabled sweater designed by a friend of a friend. Her name is Debbie, hence the Debbie Sweater. (No, not this Debbie. Another one).
So far I’ve swatched. (Shut up)
I’ve wound some yarn into balls. See here the helpers:
During this winding session, my swift broke three different ties holding it together. I maintained my cool and got some carpet warp to retie the pieces together. (I knew all those years of pretending to be a weaver would pay off. Carpet Warp also makes great spinning wheel drive bands in an emergency) The audience was as fascinated by my swift-fixing skills as watching me wind yarn.
The finished yarn, waiting (hoping. crying) to become a sweater:
Somehow the yarn thinks that if it has the needle stuck in it like that, magic knitting elves will show up and start the sweater. Hmpf.
marta said,
May 17th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
ooooo! Very pretty blue. I want to see this Debbie pattern - sounds cool. C broke her OTHER arm yesterday at afternoon recess. As of her ortho appt tomorrow morning, she will be dual wielding casts.
A and K kind look like they’ve been banished to the stools - happily, though. ;-D I guess that *would* be helping, eh?