Preparing for my only teaching trip to the East Coast this year, I developed a new class for teaching everything Annetarsia in a single day. I knit 3 fun projects for “Annetarsia: Be the Boss of your Intarsia”, and I knit them all twice, using different yarns. I wasn’t ready to move on, so I […]
Throughout this whole project, I wondered how this was going to work. There isn’t a way to try it on, until the very, very end. It is an exercise in positive thinking. It is also a really great design, because the finished project fits perfectly and is easy to wear. Look, the sleeves actually ended […]
The Swirl technically has one seam. After finishing the shoulder you may proceed to seam the sleeve from shoulder to cuff, but I recommend a different path. Because the end of a seam is often where fabric seems to bunch up inappropriately, end a seam where smoothing the fabric is easiest, generally under the arm. […]
Having established the seam for the back collar, working from the center back, you will approach the curve of the shoulder. Seaming the collar to the back is fairly straight-forward, as you match stitches on each side. As you approach the shoulder, where you will be seaming stitches from the collar to rows from the […]
The Swirl only has one seam, but it is a doozy. I found finishing this sweater to be a fun challenge, and thought that I would share how I decided to do the seaming and finishing work. Double-click on any photo to enlarge for details. My yarn, Noro Silk Garden Lite, is lovely, although not […]
At the end of 2014, WEBS had a Year-end sale, and I scored 10 balls of Noro Silk Garden lite, Col. 2090. This happens to be the perfect amount of yarn to knit a Swirl, which I have always meant to do. This was my big chance, so I cast on, and this has been […]