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It's mystery mercerized cotton yarn I got in a swap. I got about 5 or 6 pounds of the stuff. I used up most of the varigated yarn (DK weight) but I still have a couple pounds at least of the purple and a couple pounds of lavender (both fingering weight).
I see what you mean about the fit, but I think it's nicely executed.
___ / \ <--sleeve / \ ========= ============ <--side panel (knit vertically) ============================ ############################ <--body of sweater ############################I get into pissed-off moods at any long-term creative project I do. For some reason when the project is yarncraft I keep going out of sheer bloody-mindedness. I wish I could transfer that to my creative writing.
Great Sweater and a great fit!!!
I do not know if you know of this group, but maybe you would like to share it there also.
http://www.ample-knitters.com/
William
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also, comfy loose fit, always one of my personal favourites (i really wish i could get away with wearing heian clothing right now, since i am totally in love with that *heh*).
yay, preseverance! well done! it's been a while since i finished something that large, and i didn't even like that bloody cardigan i made then -- oh well, the cats like it.
I would call Heian clothing past "comfy loose fit" and into "need engineering degree to figure out how to keep it on". :)
Do you know about the Woolly Thoughts web site? They use knitting to demonstrate various math principles. They also have a book about making garments out of geometric blocks, No Pattern Knits.
Also Unexpected Knitting by Debbie New - labyrinth knitting! cellular automaton knitting!
and, isn't that "I DID IT!" feeling just awesome!?
and the sweater's pretty, too. ;)
I did set-in sleeves on one of the baby sweaters I made. I discovered that my seaming skills aren't quite up to it; while I can sew a straight seam okay, the rounded sleeve is a little bunchy and lumpy. It feels like the sort of thing that'll get easier with practice, though.
I, too, will be making a sweater in the round complete with sleeve caps as my next project (current project, actually; I've been doing a couple of rows a day on Big Girl Knits' Bombshell, and I'm three rows away from the first "take it off the needles and try it on" point. I'm very excited.)
Can't wait to see your Bombshell!