Category: Sweaters
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Abstract Sweater
I didn’t study much my senior year in college. Instead, I spent a solid chunk of my time painting abstracts with tiny brushes on five inch squares of canvas. I see painting now as a form of meditation – clearing my thoughts to focus on swirls of complementary color. But back then, as my rickety…
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The August Sweater
I’ve been wanting to knit something for my mom for a while (especially since I made a sweater for my dad last Christmas) and I finally got an opportunity when she stopped in front of a store window to look at a sleeveless knit top. It was a breezy design with an open gauge and…
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Little Red Top
I’m still stretching my imagination to the breaking point trying to make knitting a summer sport. My latest effort is all that remains of a few skeins of red cotton I bought over a decade ago at my then-local yarn store. True to form, it’s been discontinued for a while, although yarnsub.com lists Fibra Natura…
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Fair Isle Tank
Materials Needles – US 8, Circular Yarn – Knit Picks Shine Worsted, 2 skeins (150.0 yards, 3.53 ounces) in Serrano, 2 skeins (150.0 yards, 3.53 ounces) in Sweet Potato, 3 skeins (225.0 yards, 5.29 ounces) in Crocus Gauge 19 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches in ST Fair Isle Pattern 11 stitch repeat Pattern CO…
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A Tale of Two Sweaters
The week before Thanksgiving 2011, I grabbed the top of my mannequin and molded some cables around it. I pictured myself in a jaw-dropping neon orange sweater saying “this old thing? I made it myself.” Objectively, that isn’t a great reason to do anything. In my case, it set me up for disappointment. I was…
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Tank Top to Sweater
I’ve had a longer relationship with this fair-isle tank top than I have with any man I’ve dated. It’s been with me for three moves and five Christmases, always at the bottom of my knitting basket. It’s pretty obviously unwearable – the neckline is unfinished, the bottom rolls up, and it’s for that very specific…
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Big Sweater Smaller Sweater
There’s a picture of my dad that used to sit on my mom’s bedside table – in the nebulous lore that is my dad’s past, I would place it somewhere around the time he took a break from college and lived in Colorado, getting by teaching other sometime-college-students to ski. In this picture, he’s leaning…
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Short-Sleeved Striped Sweater
Abbreviation guide: MC- main color CC- contrast color CO- cast on BO- bind off P- purl K- knit K2tog- knit two together P2tog- purl two together Kf&b- knit front and back SSK- slip, slip, knit ST- stockinette st st- stitch CN- cable needle SH- stitch holder H2F- hold to front H2B- hold to back Sl- slip…
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