(Vogue pattern) last winter but had to put it aside through the summer as it was just too hot to have so much fabric sitting in my lap. Picked it up again in the autumn and finished the body but now I find the armhole slits are in the wrong place. I could graft the slits shut and open for armhole in the middle of the garter stitch band but I just am not interested. Have gone right off the garment! Its in the frog pile.
So started knitting this jersy loosely based on a pattern from Rowan magazine. What's with those plaits? They'll have to be stitched at the least. Gone off that too.
So now I'm knitting a jacket for baby Reggie, due in December from bamboo yarn, size 3-6 months with length for the next size up. I'm enjoying this and it does seem to be proceeding OK. What are the best seams to use on babywear, anyone?
Weavingwise, I've done about 200 samples [well 8] (a miracle for me) to work out a pattern in Summer and Winter in two layers, joined at one side, with the pattern following through correctly on the reverse side. This is an order from Pauanesia and the colourways will be chosen by them. I used scrap yarn for the samples. Also the more astute will see its not true S & W as I have put alternate thick and thin wool threads in the warp to reduce bulk and the weft is all mohair as I didn't want to use two shuttles with two layers - that would have been too much. This sample was made to get the fold correct so I threaded the least needed to test. The bands will be wider and the vertical and horizontal areas equal in the project. You'll have to put your head on the side, the fold is down the centre.
The shock of so much sampling, and the thought that my dobby loom will be tied up with the above project for some time I quickly designed and put on a warp for three shibori scarves and am weaving my way through them at present. Will pull up and dye at a later date.
While putting the photos on here I've taken a second look at the knitting and maybe it is worth persevering. Rather than frog the jacket it could be a blanket!
That's quite a lot of busyness Diane. You sure got that fold sussed. Well done! At the Rotoiti retreat someone had a knitted scarf where the ends had been divided into strips, interwoven with each other and the knitting joined up again. One end was in stocking stitch and the other either st st reversed or garter st. But that wasn't all - one end was knitted across the short rows, the other longways! My mind boggled at that point.
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