Happy New Year.
I am making steady progress with the Owlet for my craft swop. There have been some sizing amendments along the way (I want it to be perfect and discussing sizes by message can be surprisingly tricksy). I realised I had forgotten the body increases so had to rework THE ENTIRE BODY but that was fine as it was relaxing knit stitch all the way. This Cascade 128 yarn knits up really quickly and is so easy to work with.
My super clever husband fixed my blog last week after someone kindly let me know the comments function had gone haywire. Sorry if you got caught up with techno frustration, please let me know if you have any problems.
I hope your year has been yarn filled so far and I am looking forward to hopping over and catching up with you soon.
oo getting close to starting the cables 🙂 I love that pattern, and the adult version 🙂
lovely!!
such a lovely sweater! sorry you had to rework some of it but it looks fantastic
Thank you Jeanette. It taught me a valuable lesson in not assuming I knew the pattern just because I’d give it before!
this is beautiful! i hope to attempt a sweater some day soon (new knitter)! Is this a good pattern for a beginner?
Thank you! I’m a beginner so it is highly achievable definitely. The first sweater I knit was Flax by tincanknits. It’s free on Ravelry and has a very good online tutorial to walk you through the steps if you fancy looking it up. It has a top down construction where as the owlet is bottom up, not that I find that a huge difference. The Flax is a lovely sweater, quite a simple design. I adore my son in it even though it’s rather snug now! Hope that helps, feel free to shout me with any other questions. Good luck and hope to see your sweater project soon 🙂
Tania, I absolutely adore this sweater. And isn’t it nice having technologically savvy husbands? I do adore mine as well.
Such a cute sweater! Although such a pain about having to make it twice – at least it works up quickly! 🙂
It’s all knitting (she says through gritted teeth!). Thanks for taking the time to comment Elise 🙂
That pattern is awesome and I really love the colour of your yarn!!
It IS a delightful colour. I am enjoying working with it so much!
You are a knitting natural. I know I’ve said that before but it’s very true!
Karen, that is just a lovely and encouraging thing to say – it has made me glow with pride. Thank you!
You are making awesome progress! I’m so impressed. A project like this intimidates me. I have a pattern for some fingerless mitts I want to try, but I haven’t dug in yet, because I know it’s going to take some brain power. It requires knitting in the round and I’ve never done that before. Ack!
Deborah, I just know you will get on great! Mittens would require DPNs which can be a bit fiddly I find – I am sure you could do it but I wonder if something using circular needles would be easier to get you started? Knitting in the round is great – no seaming! Look forward to seeing your progress 😉
I wondered why I couldn’t comment on the woodland creatures project. Handy hubby! It will be exciting to see the owls. Gorgeous colour!
Thank you very much Zena, it really is a wonderful shade of grey blue. I think I will have to knit something for my family in this colour.
I tried to comment on the squirrel sweater about how I was becoming a knitting stalker because I was so excited to see the finished project. I pressed send several times and hoped that it didn’t actually send several times making me REALLY look like a stalker haha! I’m glad comments are working now :). Sweaters sound out of my league, but I will check out the pattern you mentioned above! Can’t wait to see the owlet come along!
Oh that is so sweet of you to keep trying. I am sorry, so frustrating when there are technical problems. Thank you for perceiving with me! I think you will be great with a sweater – go for it!
i love this pattern!!!!
It is so clever and so simple – I think that makes it a keeper in my pattern collection, one to use again and again!