It’s been a wonderful 2 weeks since BF came home and we spend lots of great time together. He’s gone back to work on Monday and I won’t see him till 6 weeks later. Oh well. Back to knitting!! 
First stop, I have a really long overdue FO that was finished like weeks ago but I often forgot to post about it. Have worn it to work twice already :up: It’s the lace panel sweater, my first ever knitted sweater!!!
Pattern: Lace Panel Sweater from Jo Sharp Knit Issue 2
Yarn: Rowan All Seasons Cotton (Purr)
Needles: 5.0 mm and 5.5 mm Addi Turbos
Next is Leo. I finally knitted my first swatch, ever and I got the right gauge!! Haha. Therefore, I’m knitting Leo using 4 mm with my Knit Picks Options needle. I absolutely love them!!
Lastly, the lovely lady at Gentle Ethereal Musings gave me some really soft merino lace yarn in Citrus colour from Handpaintedyarn.com.
27th April 2007 – 8:33 pm
I guess I have been pretty quite this week but that doesn’t mean I have been lazy. In fact, I have been really busy knitting lots of things!!! :cute: First, I’ve started on my second pair of socks and I’ve decided on the jaywalker toe up pattern, as Yin, Ann and I are having our little own KAL. So far, I’ve just finished the short row heel and am knitting the leg part. The yarn that I’m using is the Fortissima Socka Disco Sock Yarn that was given to me by Tonni. I love the colours!! Don’t you think it’s very suitable for this pattern? :up:
Apart from that, I’ve just cast on for one of my major projects, a sweater for my other half. He has chosen Leo and the yarn that I’m using is Bendigo Classic 5 Ply in Blueberry colour. He choose that colour himself too. The reason I made him choose all the patterns and yarns is so that I can avoid the sweater curse. :yuck:
Anyway, I’ve knitted about 30 rows now and I desperately need some advise. If you look at the pictures below, the yellow t-shirt is his and I’ve put it at the back to make some comparisons. That t-shirt is the tight fitting type and I purposely choose that to compare with Leo because the Leo pattern isn’t really the loose fitting type of sweater. Hope I’m not being too long winded here. |-)
Now back to the pictures, the first picture is taken exactly as how i just put the knitted bit whereas the second pictures, I’ve pulled knitted bits apart. You can see the stitch definitions in the last two photos.
Now, my main concern is, does this seem too small? I’m using 3.5 mm needles to knit the body as stated in the pattern. Should I frog it and use 3.75 mm instead which is the recommended needle size for this yarn? Or should I just knit a bigger size? I’m knitting the smallest size at the moment. Please advise!!!
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14th March 2007 – 8:06 am
Don’t get too excited. I’m not referring to lace shawl. No. Those are too challenging for me. I might try knitting them one day? :up: Anyway, here are some sneak peak.
There might not seem to be a lot of lace there but at least it’s a start for me and I’d consider it a milestone . This sweater is knitted with the Rowan All Seasons Cotton yarn that I’ve bought last year. I’ve already finished knitting the front and back as I’ve modified the pattern a little bit so that I can knit both the front and back as one piece, in the round. No side seams!!!
I did got stuck in the pattern especially while shaping the sleeves cap but after ringing the Jo Sharp hotline, I got it figured out. Another two thumbs up for myself, don’t you 
agree? I also modified the sleeves so that I can knit it in the round too!! No seams again except for joining the sleeves to the body!!!
Anyway, after so many modifications, I just hope that this sweater will turn out alright. If not, I’ll be so devastated. Just in case you didn’t know, this is indeed my first sweater. Off to knit the remaining sleeve!!
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