Showing posts with label saddle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label saddle. Show all posts

Monday, 6 February 2012

All these choices - alla dessa val

Blue or green? by Asplund
Blue or green?, a photo by Asplund on Flickr.
It took a while to choose between blue and green as contrast colour for the neckband, but I finally settled for blue. I generally think green and red is a better colour combination than blue and red, but in this case they won't be next to each other. What's more, this shade of green is so dark and close to the shade of dark grey that it might not show - and as a friend said, what's the point of a contrast colour if there isn't much of a contrast?

Another friend joked about my initials on the gusset: "Does it stand for i armhålan (in the armpit)?" A week later it still makes me laugh :)

I first tried joining body and saddle using a three-needle bind-off, but it resulted in rather too thick ridges on the wrong side, so I'm grafting them like Maria suggested.

Friends in need!

grafting - maskstygn
Det var inte helt lätt att välja kontrastfärg till halskanten trots att jag inte hade mer än två att välja på: mörkgrönt med inslag av blått och mörkblått med inslag av grönt. Det blev den blå till slut; det som avgjorde saken var att den gröna är så mörk att en smal kant kanske inte skulle synas intill det mörkgrå. Som en vän sade, det är ju inte så stor mening med en kontrastfärg om det inte blir en kontrast.

En annan vän fällde en kommentar om initialerna på ärmkilen som fortfarande får mig att skratta högt: "Står det för i armhålan?"


Jag håller på och monterar sadeln med maskstygn, som Maria föreslog. Först provade jag att plocka upp maskor längs kanterna och avmaska dem tillsammans med maskorna på fram- respektive bakstyckena, men det blev lite för stumt och klumpigt på avigsidan.

Monday, 14 November 2011

Sweater progress

Thorsten fiskares tröja by Asplund
Thorsten fiskares tröja, a photo by Asplund on Flickr.
Back and front done and armhole steeks cut; next step will be joining the shoulders.

Knowing roughly but not exactly what I want to achieve I've been thinking, testing, ripping out, reknitting, rethinking and so on and so forth for a couple of weeks. I've practically made up my mind now:
  • Keeping the original design's black and white square pattern.
  • Knitting separate saddles instead of finishing the back and front parts with the squares.
  • Skipping a horizontal border pattern between main pattern and squares.
  • Incorporating the saddle live stitches from the provisional cast on and the last row when knitting the sleeve and neckband.

To be continued...




Thanks for kind and flattering words about my needlework! :)

Carolina asked about blocking and using a frame when stitching. I have thought about using frames to make blocking easer, but like the freedom without a frame: easier both to turn while stitching and to carry around. (I sometimes stitch on trains and buses.) Blocking it to get the right shape can be quite difficult, thouhg, but I guess you can see it as good exercise.