And prejudice. This is, without any doubt, my favorite sweater of all time!
At least so far . . .
This is my short sleeved version of the Daily Sweater from Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines. I used Ella rae Silkience (about 8.5 skeins) and size 2 needles for the body.
Modifications: I felt the neckline was way too floppy after knitting it according to the pattern, so I cut it off and picked up the live stitches and re-knit the collar with fewer stitches. I split the sleeve ribbing, to mirror the side slits at the lower hem.
I have also fallen in love with the tubular cast on and bind off. It was the technique I learned on the Pink Cardigan and it is, without a doubt, the slickest trick in my knitting arsenal.
What I can't believe is that it took me 30+ years of knitting to discover this gorgeous binding off technique.
Just goes to shows, you can teach an old
(In related news, my deepest condolences go out to Kay Gardiner of Mason Dixon Knitting for the loss of her beloved husband, Peter. My prayers are with Kay and her family.)
4 comments:
Okay, on my two most recent sweaters, I've been unhappy w/ the bind-off at the neck. I just did some youtube-watching to learn more about this tubular cast-on/bind-off and think that'll be my golden ticket. I remember watching some of this a while back, but forgot about it, so thanks for the bump!
Look at you go with the finished projects!
Wow! I love that cast on/off! I guess I'm going to have to keep reminding myself to buy that book...
What a lovely FO! Nicely done!
I've only done the tubular cast-on. Something new to put on my list to learn.
I just learned that bind off at the last MKG meeting! And the twisted german cast on! I feel quite fancy . . .
Lovely color, by the way!
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