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Seaming Part 2

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I started seaming one side of the Lace Hem Topping and have four inches done.  I’m not that good with the mattress stitch so this is going to take forever.  It takes more concentration than the mindless stockinette knitting of the actual sweater.  At this rate the finishing touches might get finished over the weekend.

Mr. Aitch works Thursday and Friday nights this week so I won’t have to fix dinner either of those nights.  More time to seam.  Then learn how to do the crochet edging (which I am looking forward to learning!).

My next project will be knit without seams!

On the edge

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I finished the knitting part of my Lace Hem Topping and the two pieces were blocked yesterday.  What’s left is the seaming (ugh) and the crochet edges.  I have several crochet hooks and can do a chain stitch.  The finishing edges on this shell involve a row of single crochet once around the armhole and neck edges followed by a row of reverse crochet.  Does crochet even have rows?  

I did a search for these two techniques and think I have it but am open to more advice.  Can you direct me to any good videos that show these two techniques so I have the confidence to put this shell on my FO list?  Or better yet, come on over and show me!  

Of course I’m itching to get started on another project while waiting for the above shell to dry before seaming and adding the crochet edge.  While in my least favorite store the other day, I came across these fabulous colors of Caron Simple Soft yarn (worsted weight or #4).   

Caron Simply Soft

 

Colors from left to right: Pistachio, Blueberry, Strawberry, Persimmon (soft coral), and Sunshine.  They look a bit bright but they are very soft colors.  

I have three baby sweaters to knit for friends babies and grandchildren by September.  I need help with the color combinations.  Not sure what pattern I’m using but fell in love with this pattern.  It’s for adults but it couldn’t be that hard to take some elements and make it suitable for a  baby or child, could it?  

I think what I like is the texture of the garter stitch against the stockenette.  Do you think I could adapt my eyelet pattern for this?  Or perhaps the 5-hour baby sweater pattern, only make the garter stitch bottom edge extend more into the body by 3 inches and overlap the front edges by 3 inches?  I’m not sure how I would do the neck…and since the pattern is a neck-down pattern, I’d have to figure that out ASAP!  

Color combos?  I would use 2-3 colors for this.  Body (stockenette) in one color, bottom and front panel (garter) in color two, and an optional 2-3 rows in stockenette between the body and garter on color three.  I don’t have a scanner or I would show you my sketches.All sweaters are for girls…as if that should make a difference.  Two for size 6-months and one for 18 months.

Disaster strikes

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I was messing around with my theme yesterday and lost my sidebar.  I think I got everything back in place but I don’t remember exactly what it looked like before said messing around.

I did consolidate all the sweaters in the gallery instead of classifying them by construction.  The gallery is sad but since I forget to take pictures of most of what I knit, it’s the best I can do for now.

I’ve knit several soakers for my daughter’s twins but I have no pictures of them since I give them to her just as soon as I finish them.  Maybe she can take some pictures so I can post them.  For those of you wanting to knit wool soakers for your cloth diapered babies, I use the Curly Purly Soaker pattern.  Love. It.

I managed to get a couple of hours of knitting in yesterday and finished the lace edging on the Lace Hem Topping.  Still not a huge fan of lace though I did get into the rhythm.  As a visual learner, I thought charts would be easier than written instructions and maybe they will once I learn what the heck the symbols mean.

First up this morning is cleaning, deep cleaning the bathroom.  Washing the rugs and shower curtain cleaning.  I might even tackle the linen closet or perhaps a shelf.  After all I have to do something to “earn” my knitting time.

I should have stayed in bed…

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I woke up to the sound of the alarm at 5:30 this morning only to fall back to sleep for 20 more minutes.  These summer hours of working an extra hour in the morning and an extra hour at the end of the day are great so I can have an extra day off during the week but getting up earlier is not so great.  I’ve cut down my getting-ready time to the right amount of time without a minute to spare.  This morning I was only two minutes late walking in the door.  No one was here but the cleaners so it really didn’t matter.

My right arm was asleep with I got up and three hours later it’s still tingling.  Not good.

I only got two inches knitted last night on the back of the Lace Hem Topping shell.  I don’t know if I can knit during lunch with this tingling hand.  I this something I need to get checked out since I was diagnosed with this?

My printer at work isn’t working.  We have network printers I can use but this one is right next to my computer and the only one I can use when I need to print labels and envelopes.

It dawned on me that 40% of my paycheck is gone before it even gets to my bank.  And I’m not happy with what the powers that be are doing with that 40%.  Let’s not even go there right now.  This is not a political blog.

I should have stayed in bed…and knit.