little bit of crazy leaking out » zimmermania! http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog life and times of a fiber addict with kids Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:06:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 saddle shoulder sweater http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/04/02/saddle-shoulder-sweater/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/04/02/saddle-shoulder-sweater/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:08:55 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/04/02/saddle-shoulder-sweater/

pattern: Saddle Shoulder Sweater from Knitting Without Tears yarn: Mission Falls 1824 Wool – Denim and Putty             Cascade 220 Superwash – Red – for hems needles: Clover Bamboo cast on: March 2nd  cast off: March 11th notes:  I loved knitting this sweater.  I actually had to reknit the sweater after finishing the arms and getting a couple of inches into the body.  The yarn [...]]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/04/02/saddle-shoulder-sweater/feed/ 5 it’s all over but the grafting . . . http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/03/11/its-all-over-but-the-grafting/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/03/11/its-all-over-but-the-grafting/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:24:14 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/03/11/its-all-over-but-the-grafting/ Bubba’s EZ Saddle Shoulder sweater is almost finished.   The ends are woven in, the hems are sewn, just have to graft the underarms.  Bubba had a fitting this morning, just so I could be sure it would fit over his pun’kin head.  It fit, no worries.

 

Bubba  really liked all the yarn ends hanging out of his [...]]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/03/11/its-all-over-but-the-grafting/feed/ 5 tomten http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/02/01/tomten/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/02/01/tomten/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:18:30 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/02/01/tomten/ The Tomten is finished at last.

 

pattern:  Tomten by Elizabeth Zimmermann yarn:  Dulaan Avalanche Yarn  cast on:  December ’06   cast off:  January 31st notes:  Bubba isn’t frowning, he’s saying cheese, sort of.  This is one warm/heavy jacket and I forgot how much yarn garter stitch eats up.  I prolly could have used less buttons, but I didn’t want it to gap in the cold Mongolian winters. 

     [...]]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/02/01/tomten/feed/ 6 so much yarn, so little time http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2006/09/25/735/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2006/09/25/735/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:07:00 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2006/09/25/735/ There is so much going on in the blogsphere.

Sock Wars:  I have my target, I have my weapon and I know who is hunting me.  I have some built in lag time (time in the mail) as my assasin is in the UK, but my target is in Australia, so she has some lag time too.  I have [...]]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2006/09/25/735/feed/ 4