Darlington, UK
I like making things but most of the time I'm just making mistakes.
I spent this afternoon sewing buttons onto the finished panels of the mix and match jumper. 96 of them. I will probably have nightmares tonight about buttons.
I still have some more to knit, just some lower sleeves and a couple of lower panels for the main body then it will be completely finished. Apart from sewing on the rest of the buttons.
Talk to you later,
Susan.
I finally started sewing buttons onto some of the finished pieces of the jumper which gave me a chance to find out if it was going to work the way I’d planned it. I am pleased with the way it’s turned out so I don’t think I’ve been wasting my time knitting all the different panels.
I wish I’d had enough of the light blue wool to make the lower sleeves but unfortunately I ran out.
In my original plan there was going to be some patterned panels but I don’t think that’s going to happen now. There may be one or two stripey panels but to be honest I think the plain ones look alright.
I still have some more knitting and sewing up to do but at least now I can start wearing the jumper at long last. I realise it won’t be to everyone’s taste and it certainly won’t set the fashion world on fire but as it’s me who will be wearing it I’m not bothered.
Talk to you later,
Susan.
I’ve knitted a few more parts for the jumper and have a few more to go. I say ‘jumper’ but it should really be ‘jumpers’ as so far there are four different jumper tops.
Here’s what I’ve done so far:
It hasn’t worked out exactly as I had planned but I have pinned it together in different combinations and tried it on and it seems to be OK. I’ll carry on knitting until I’ve used up most of the wool then I’ll have to start sewing all the buttons on. I bought a job lot of clear buttons off ebay quite cheaply. Unfortunately my idea of clear and the seller’s idea of clear do not match. I thought clear meant see-through. Apparently the seller thought clear meant white opaque which is what most of the 300+ buttons turned out to be. Not to worry, I’ll still use them.
Talk to you later,
Susan.
I thought I’d share this from today’s Northern Echo:
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Although the reason for knitting the jumpers is quite sad, I posted this just for the look on the hen’s face.
I haven’t seen the pattern that the lady used but I’m sure that it could be converted for machines. I don’t think I’ll be knitting any hen jumpers though.
Talk to you later,
Susan.
I think I might have finally got this jumper figured out. I tried doing tuck stitch bands instead of ribbing but it didn’t look right so I tried the ribbing again only this time I did it at a looser tension so it wouldn’t pull in as much. I also made the panels a different size so that where they join is more or less at the waistline so if it does pull in a little it will look as if it’s supposed to be shaped.
Here’s how it looks so far:
I think it looks much better than before. I still need to knit some more panels in different colours so I can get a better idea if it will work how I want it to or not. Then there’ll be all the buttons to sew on – I’m really looking forward to that part.
Talk to you later,
Susan.
