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Category: Pattern Writing
An End in Sight for the Hopsmere Sweater Pattern
While it hasn’t been much per day, I’m still making progress on the Hopsmere sweater. It’s finally feeling like there’s an end in sight. It’s certainly not a completed garment yet, it’s reached the point where it’s wearable. All that’s left are the finishing details… I think. Got This Project by the Throat After finishing…
Frogging Again: The Never-Ending Sleeve
This sleeve is driving me bonkers. Usually by the time I reach the sleeve of a sweater project, I feel like the bulk of the work is done and I’m coasting toward completion. Not this time. Once again, I’m going to end up frogging a bunch of my work. Almost 10 inches of work –…
On His Sleeve
I’ve finished the back panel and both front panels of the Hopsmere sweater that I’ve been working on now. I’ve attached them at the shoulder, and I’ve started the first sleeve. I’m getting close to the elbow. I’m very happy with the way that the cables are looking. The braid is coming out exactly the…
Red Dead Re-Do
In school I was always good at math. I didn’t particularly like the class, but I understood it. That makes it extra embarrassing when I continually get “easy” equations wrong during fiber art endeavors. As you can see from the photo above, I was about 5″ into the piece before I realized my mistake. To…
Hoping for Hopsmere
I’ve been working on the same pattern for quite a while now. The working name I have for it is Cognita, and I know I’ll be writing about it on here soon enough, but that’s not for today. No, I need to take a break from writing that one. I’m finding it hard to “proofread”…