Carla - a finished photo (or two)!

Say hello to Carla!

Its been a while since I posted...I finished knitting carla and seamed her up in August, but I wasn't too fussed with her at that point. So she was packed into the uhaul and shipped to California. After we were reunited, I tried her on again. Although she was a wee bit too roomy, I still wore her...after taking some assessment photos in my bathroom mirror (which is an unkind widening type of mirror!) I decided she needed a little help. I knew that I could reknit the body if I wanted to, but I decided to take the lazy woman's way out and throw her in the washer. I'm proud to report great success with this method.



After washing the sleeves even tightened up. I love how they look now!

Over all I would rate this sweater as a successful knit! If I were to do it again, I think that I would see about going down a needle size to get my gauge a bit tighter. Although I lengthened the sleeves and torso to accomodate my lengthy body, I dipped into the 9th ball of cotton tape. I thought I had made the medium which called for 8 balls. I probably could have used only 8 if I was at a tighter gauge! But live and learn!

front done

hi everyone, i've been having problems with flicker, as soon as i figure it out, i'll post pictures on this site, but until then, you can view my carla progress on my blog. so far no problems, the decreases were a little tricky, but i just looked through the archives, and found some great advice! thanks. i'm getting worried about the sleeves though.

i'm all done, too!

here's my finished carla! i'm quite pleased with her, actually, although i'm hoping the sleeves will get a bit longer with wear. i've put a couple of more pics on my blog, including a close-up of the sleeve embroidery.

maxi me

talk about quick knit! started carla last night and have now finished the back. this includes an hour of intensive cursing as i tried to figure out how to save a dropped stitch.

mini me

there are so many finished carlas out there - time for a picture of a swatch again! as you can see, i've also practised the infamous raglan decreases. hopefully they'll look a bit neater in full size. the colour is glint, btw.

Problem....

Hi all,

Seems like my style of knitting is not compatible with the pattern.
I don't know if anyone is familiar with Annie Modesitt's "combination knitting", but that's how I have been knitting for years.
It never was an issue until now. I know I am doing the yarn-over correctly, but I think the way I knit is twisting the stitches.
I ripped out the swatch, but I will do it again and take a photo so you can see it and maybe help me figure out what I'm doing wrong. Thanks!!

finally getting started

i got my book in the mail yesterday and immediately cast on my gauge swatch. i'm not sure the pattern is right, so i'll be looking at everyone else's swatch to see if what i'm doing is correct. i moved over the weekend, so my computer isn't up and running yet. once i get it togetha, i will post some pictures.