Its high time I posted about knitting again. I have got so immersed in sewing (and I'm dying to tell you about my latest acquisition but I shall have to save that till another day) I have neglected to chat about knitting. But I have still been working hard behind the scenes on my Titanic related knitting project
After some swatching I decided on using the two shades of pink in the Debbie Bliss Pure Silk for the lozenge pattern. I like the different textures as well as the colour contrast.
As you know I have no pattern for this, only a good photograph from Vintage Fashion Knitwear by Marnie Fogg. I am trying to keep to the way I think the sweater is constructed, which is not the way of modern patterns, but also I am looking at ways of streamlining the process. I have no technical skills for creating knitting patterns, I rely on keeping to the tension of my swatch for measurements and otherwise a 'suck it and see' (or knit it and rip it) approach. And for time to time pinning out what I have made and seeing if it looks anything like the shape I have in my mind's eye.
I knitted the front and back peplums separately first on their own they look like nothing on earth.
But things are now taking shape
Having knitted the peplums and crochet a row of eyelets along the top I began the main body knitting up from the bottom of the sleeve, This time I have knitted the bell cuff continuous with the sleeve and made the eyelets by the yfwd k2tog method. I am going for dolman sleeves, hoping the inc1 each end of every knit row will give me the necessary ease for the armhole. There is another row of eyelets across the yoke, so that I can get some ease in I am knitting the front and back separately then the yoke, I will hand sew the yoke in to get the ease.
At the moment I intend to knit the sweater in two halves casting off with the 3 needle method on the right side centre front and centre back but if that does not look right I will graft it like the toe of a sock. All the edges are then finished off with several rows of DC.
I am note taking as I go along but I also change my mind a lot!
After some swatching I decided on using the two shades of pink in the Debbie Bliss Pure Silk for the lozenge pattern. I like the different textures as well as the colour contrast.
As you know I have no pattern for this, only a good photograph from Vintage Fashion Knitwear by Marnie Fogg. I am trying to keep to the way I think the sweater is constructed, which is not the way of modern patterns, but also I am looking at ways of streamlining the process. I have no technical skills for creating knitting patterns, I rely on keeping to the tension of my swatch for measurements and otherwise a 'suck it and see' (or knit it and rip it) approach. And for time to time pinning out what I have made and seeing if it looks anything like the shape I have in my mind's eye.
I knitted the front and back peplums separately first on their own they look like nothing on earth.
But things are now taking shape
Having knitted the peplums and crochet a row of eyelets along the top I began the main body knitting up from the bottom of the sleeve, This time I have knitted the bell cuff continuous with the sleeve and made the eyelets by the yfwd k2tog method. I am going for dolman sleeves, hoping the inc1 each end of every knit row will give me the necessary ease for the armhole. There is another row of eyelets across the yoke, so that I can get some ease in I am knitting the front and back separately then the yoke, I will hand sew the yoke in to get the ease.
At the moment I intend to knit the sweater in two halves casting off with the 3 needle method on the right side centre front and centre back but if that does not look right I will graft it like the toe of a sock. All the edges are then finished off with several rows of DC.
I am note taking as I go along but I also change my mind a lot!
xx
c
