Cabled Riding Jacket
I finally finished this jacket. I had many many problems with it, but I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. There seem to be a few errors in the pattern which are made more difficult by the fact that the shaping and cabling are both fairly complicated. Add to that the mistakes I made, and it was frustrating to say the least. It is very warm, and fits me well, which was something I doubted all the way through, even though I knew that my swatches grew when washed. It is still nerve wracking to see that the sweater you are knitting is clearly a couple of sizes too small, until it is washed and blocked.
Slowly I am starting to finish the things I have started. I am working on a green raglan zip cardigan, that needs one sleeve and one front. It shouldn't take long to finish since it is all stockinette.
Also, I think I just figured out how to put my picures in with my text instead of all at the top! If you haven't noticed, I am kind of clueless about all things technical.
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blogger/2877/906/1600/DSC03062.jpgThis is the back of Brilliant Retro. So far I am really liking it. The yarn is not bad for extremely cheap synthetic stuff, and actually feels pretty good.It is knitting up faster than I thought it would, considering its gauge.
That's all I have for today. I have decided to try to start posting more regularly, but knowing me, it is not all that likely. Doug is going to be fishing more now, so maybe it will happen.
posted by Sam @ 3:50 p.m.
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4 Comments:
The riding jacket looks great. When do we see a modeled shot?
Ou la la! Riding Jacket Extrodinaire! Very beautiful! Isn't it - oh so worth it?
I too am learning technicalities as I go :)
Hey, I followed you home from my blog at www.whorlygig.blogspot.com and I love your riding jacket!
I'm here to answer your spinning sock yarn questions; the yellower sock yarn on my blog, the navajo plied one, is tightly spun and tightly plied. I spun it with a high ratio and plied with a lower one, and it'll be pretty durable. It was twisty and frightening in the raw skein, but when I wetted it with hot water for half an hour and gave it a brisk tug, it straightened right out and behaved.
The other sock yarn, the one I knitted up and that you see finished, was not tightly plied. Those socks will not be as durable, but they sure are soft. I'll be darning the toes and heels for sure, I'm sure of it.
I'd advise spinning sock yarn pretty twisty, and then plying tightly, and blocking the yarn however you need to. After all, socks have stretchy ribby fabric and so the yarn doesn't have to be all that stretchy; but it does have to be firm if its going to last.
Thanks for visiting our blog!! Come again!
(and maybe I can help with your navajo plying problems...what is the difficulty you're having?)
Hi again, Sam,
How fine to spin the singled for navajo plied sock yarn: very fine ranging to extremely fine, depending on what size needles you like to knit your sock yarn on. I spin the singles about as fine as I can manage to get an even thread that still has just enough size to show its color well...maybe 1/2 to 1 mm. Try that to start, and then when you have a little bit, you can let three plies twist on themselves a little bit to see if its right. Then adjust.
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