I have been very lazy updating blogs, but yes, I am knitting.
This weekend I went back to my parent's place, and finally got my twiggy tunic photographed with me in it. I specifically asked my mom to photograph only the tunic, but no such luck.
The sweater is very cozy and I love it. The only downside is that the yarn seems a little weak with friction.
You don't know how my excited I am with this picture... Yes, I finally bought a swift and a winder from a Japanese manufacturor. This is THE FIRST ball that I made with them. Look wonderful. And it (the ball) is huge.
My dream swift was something woody and antique, compared to what I actually bought, which is made with steel bones and plastics. But I've only been knitting for 3 months, I know.
This is how it is like right now. Lots of black and pink, not exactly what I intended, but so far so good. I am buying more Noro yarn so that I can pick up my favorite parts...I know, I am cheating...
It is progressing. Going very smoothly.
I actually love this pattern, it is very clever and fun. I only wished that I was knitting this with thinner yarn...
It feels like I always regret or am unsatisfied with something about the projects.
At this moment I am distracted by Noro Striped Scarf, after receiving the purchased Noro yarn in my mailbox. It is giving me a huge headache right now. Noro silk garden yarn does not offer vibrant color scheme this season, and the yarns that I bought contains a lot of black black... I am avoiding the black part and it is very stressful. When you knit it, I recommend you get something more orange/yellow/ochre and blue than grey and black.
Hiya! This is a new yarn just arrived last night for my Candle Flame Shawl(this photo inspired me to knit it). I was eyeing yellow or orangish yarn to knit this pattern, but ended up buying purple yarn with dark blue touch. My winter jackets and coats are all in blue/black colors, so purple will go much better with them. Can't wait to get started!
You are currently viewing my Semi-completed Twiggy Tunic. First work that I am really satisfied and that is truly wearable. I stayed up till 3 am finishing sewing and taking very bad photos of me in it. You can see it finished following the link to my Flickr page ^ ^ I am asking my sister to take a very good picture with her brand new camera next week.
It is not so obvious but I made several crucial errors... such as dropping a stick in the very center panel. I noticed that there were only 68 stitches in the rib where there were supposed to be 69... too late. but I was able to hide it well. Also, for the neckline, I was supposed to "Wrap" before turning, but I did not read the instruction on how to wrap until after I completely finished it. Fortunately for me is that I switched to smaller needle so that the gap is not so obvious.
Although I love the yarn, I decided that I will never work with 4 strands together next time. It is time consuming, because you can easily loose one strand along the way. Weaving is also a pain with 4 strands. Next time I will just pick up heavier yarn.
All in all, it is a very satisfying work. The only modifications I made was that I added two more rows of ribbing on sleeves, and changed needles for knitting the ribs.
