With the new year, I decided to start a
"Poor Baby Sweater" knit-a-long (KAL). All those interested purchased the necessary supplies, and at our January Knit Night, we all began. The first month, we all focused on knitting the hood and neck. The hood is knit in one piece and then cast off. Stitches are picked up for the neck and knit in 1x1 ribbing. At our February Knit Night we moved on to starting the shoulders, our assignment was to knit to where the sleeves are placed on stitch holders. In March, we'll move on to knitting the body and sleeves, and making the tassle for the hood. I've agreed to sew in everyone's back zipper, or to at least demonstrate how I sew them on the machine. To follow are pictures taken at our February Knit Night. We are all having such a good time!
Shara missed our January Knit Night, but she has cast on, and will be caught up to the rest of us in no time.
Jeri is a brand new knitter, and she picking it up super fast.
Judy missed January Knit Night too, but that didn't stop her. She received her pattern via email, and she quickly zoomed past us all. Note her creative stitch holders. She didn't have the traditional kind, and she wanted to move forward, so she inserted a double-point needle and secured the stitches with a rubber band. Way to be creative Judy!
Marlene is already and expert knitter. She is flying along on her little sweater. Notice the beautiful, handknit sweater she is wearing. She said she knit it using Elizabeth Zimmerman's percentage system, and the outcome fit her perfectly. We all have a lot to learn about knitting from her.
This is my youngest daughter, Alex. She is the softball playing, athletic-type. Who would have guessed that she would be such a great knitter. She is way ahead of the plan, and it is a good thing, because she was just accepted to the Physical Therapy Program at the University of Utah. She has 3 long, hard years of schooling ahead of her, and probably won't be doing much knitting. However, she'll have this cute little sweater waiting for her when she is finished. Perhaps then, she'll have time to make a baby to put in it!
Joan is an expert knitter too! She is the one who taught me how to knit, because she is my Mom. She tried to pace herself on this project, but as you can see, she finished way ahead of plan.
Erica just started knitting last year, but she is a natural. Everytime she was confused about how to move forward on this pattern, she just cast-on another sweater. I think she has 3 in progress. This one is the cables version and she is doing such a nice job on it!
This is my (
not to be named) sister. She is so talented, in many different areas. She is an expert scrapbooker, quilter, decorator, cookie decorator, CPA and much more, but she wasn't that crazy about knitting. She finished her sweater in record time too, and as you can see by the yarn in her lap, she has moved on to another cute little baby sweater, which has a lace-leaf yoke. I think she is going to change her mind about knitting.
This is Emery, my 12 year old grand-daughter. She has just learned to crochet, so she is making pillows for her newly decorated bedroom. When finished, the pillows will look like colorful owls.
If any of you out there in Blogland have joined our KAL, please send me your pictures in the comments. I have 3 short videos to help you know how to pick up stitches from the hood and start the neck ribbing. If you missed them before, just let me know, and I'll post them on Facebook again. You can find me on facebook as "Lori Utley", so send me a friend request.
If you are wondering . . . Sweater #2 is coming along. US#2 Needles and sock weight yarn make for a longer process, but a beautiful knit fabric. The front and back are blocking and I've started on the sleeves. I hope to have it done by the end of the month. I have knit the swatch for Sweater #3 and I'll post the particulars about it next time. Happy Knitting . . . . .
