Hello, I am new here and can't wait to get started, but I have to wait for a few more projects to be off the needles. What else is new with knitters? Always wanting to cast on for more projects.

This is the yarn I bought at Maryland Wool & Sheep Festival this year:

It is Brooks Farm yarn new superwash wool Solana in a black/grey colourway. Feels very soft, but unsure how it holds up. Guess I am going to find out soon enough eh?

Knit on.

Lisa at www.knittingupastorm.blogspot.com

BrownBerry's CPH - Finished!

A few photos and details here, and the rest will be avaialable on my blog

Size: Knit in Med (size 36" bust)
Cast On: December 31, 2006
Cast Off: May 30, 2007

Yarn: Karabella Aurora 8 in Color #23
Needles: US8 for body, 7 for button band, 9 to cast off


I picked up 324 stitches for the button band using 2 US Size 7 32" circulars so I could knit it continuously.

Many thanks to my photographer hubby who got up early to help me catch the best natural light. All foliage and landscaping are courtesy of his handiwork!

Thanks to all of you here for your tips, and your inspiring photos. It sure feels good to have a grown-up garment all my very own!

Progress

Body and hood completed. I still have to kitchener the hood. I have about 10 inches done on the sleeves.

Yarn - Beaverslide McTaggart Tweed color Sweetgrass.

I started a couple of months ago, but I'm a slow knitter.

It begins!

My CPH begins! (insert maniacal laughter)

I've been wanting to start for a while but with two other sweaters in the works, I've been putting it off. And then I couldn't find just the right shade of Cascade 220. Thankfully they love me (or my cute little girl) much at the lys and let me order from the color book. Now that they yarn has arrived my CPH is underway. I cast on last night and I'm hooked. Now let's just see how long it takes before I get side tracked. :)

cascade 220

hi all,

i'm just about to order my yarn for this project and need a little guidance. i saw that a lot of you knit the sweater using cascade 220. the question is, is the gauge drastically different, or am i really going to have to knit up a swatch to find out?

thanks!
stacy

Soooo close

I know that most of the posting out here recently has been for finished CPHs, but mine is still a Work in Progress. I wanted to share a great tutorial from Knitty.com which includes photos. This bit of instruction was very helpful to me in doing my first set-in sleeve. I used the weaving technique and mattress stitch, and I'm happy with how this first attempt has turned out so far (wish me luck on sleeve #2).

The tutorial is here on Knitty

Voila!





Hint: I blocked all pieces, then seamed all pieces (body and the sleeves) before setting in the sleeve and I must say this was VERY helpful in keeping my seam even all the way around the armhole. I think I would have had more trouble with bunching had I attempted to do this flat, so "tube to tube" is a good way to go! (P.S. That's a tip I heard on a previous episode of the Stash and Burn podcast about finishing)

To those out there still working on it, keep at it. And for the finishers - all that I've seen have been lovely!!

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good:

Here is a picture of my progress. These are the sleeves that I am knitting two at a time, and I feel like a knitting goddess because I have managed to do it without tangling the two skeins.

The Bad:

Being a Perfectionist sucks!!! I was happy knitting along, and got to the decrease for the sleeve cap and then realized that my stitch count was off after I did my binding off. What is my problem, you ask? I was supposed to do the increase 10 times for the 36" size, and the dummy that took over my head when I read the pattern initially read the "9 times" for the 32" size. I will chalk this all up to the fact that I hate writing in my magazines, so I didn't circle or highlight the number that corresponded to my size. And yes, I could have photocopied the pattern, but I seem to always lose those things. So, now I have the grueling pleasure of frogging approximately 20 rows of stitches.

The Ugly:

I read the chart wrong, and have done the cable twist every 8 rows, as opposed to every 10 rows. I have completed the back, front pieces, and the sleeves (almost). So am I supposed to take this out??? Not for a minute on God's great earth am I going to even fathom that notion. Every fault is a fashion, and the cables are consistent with each other. So I'm keeping it. Ha! Leave me a comment. Let me know what you think.