I cannot believe February is almost over! Two months of 2013 are gone in a blink of an eye. Being so preoccupied with my knitting, I hardly realized it.
The biggest project this new year so far has been a sweater that I knitted for my son. After a failed attempt with finishing Point Gammon Pullover last year, I still wanted to use that yarn for a sweater for my son. Looking all over the Internet, knitting books and magazine for a pattern to knit, I found the one that I liked. My son liked it too. And so, it was knitting only for about a month. The choice was Mossdale sweater by Martin Storey.
The almost-finished front. I thought the Aran design was pretty impressive.
Here it is all finished, washed and stretched on my new woolly block (that is a dehumidifier behind it). The stretcher is made in Maine, USA. I really love this sweater stretcher, easy to put on and the wood has been polished to its smoothest, so no yarn would be pulled off accidentally while putting the sweater on the stretcher.
The recipient of the sweater :)
I had to make one change from the pattern though. The collar. I’ve never liked it when it is just bound-off stitches on a collar.
This is how I knitted my collar. With circular needles I picked up stitches around the neck line, knitted (in a circle) double the height of my collar using some waste yarn on the last row. Then I folded it in half and sewed on stitch by stitch to the right side of the sweater while removing waste yarn slowly.
It looks more sophisticated this way and has no seam on the side of the collar.
Super beautiful! You are a knitting ninja!
Thank you, Natalka! It was ninja knitting with all those stitches twisting :))
I found your blog when I was searching on Ravelry. I thought your son’s Martin Storey sweater was gorgeous, but when I scrolled through your blog, I realized the sweater is just the tip of the iceberg!! lol You have such beautiful taste!
I am a Canadian who was born in Hong Kong, to Scottish parents, so I find the Hong Kong aspect of your blog quite fascinating. I have also joined the Cross Stitch site you linked to and you are right, they do have gorgeous patterns. I might have to try my hand at Cross Stitch again now that I’ve seen that! Thank you so much for sharing your artistic talent and aesthetic! So beautiful.
Karenbess, thank you for your kind words. I’m glad you find my little blog helpful. SQ’s cross stitch patterns are gorgeous. I’ve just received my next pattern book from them and so looking forward to starting working on it. The patterns are very detailed and it takes time to complete them, but it’s so worth it!
Do you come to visit HK sometime?
WOW! Truly BEAUTIFUL work Irina! Love the sweater – simply gorgeous ;) And those OTK turquoise socks are delightfully stunning too! You are always and for ever will be – the consummate artist! Marvellous mon ami – vraiment MERVEILEUX! Thank you for sharing your amazing work. :)
Thank you so much, Allie!
Have a nice weekend :)