OhSewCrafty Blog

I’m usually a one project-at-a-time sort of girl, but I’ve got a bit off the rails lately.  I blame my retro jac, which apparently does not want to be finished.  But I plan do so this weekend when I’ll be riding in the car for several hours.

The knitting is finished on Camellia; here are the cute fluttery sleeves.  I was almost certain I would run out of yarn, but somehow I managed to eke out two sleeves plus the neck trim from less than 1.5 balls.  Camellia was a superfast knit, clocking in at 10 days.  I’ve already started the seaming and finishing it up won’t take long.  This is a great pattern and I highly recommend it.   

I’m nearly done with gift for my friend’s baby.  It’s turning out supercute but it hurts my hands to knit on it for very long (I’m using cotton ease on size 5 needles).  I’m not a huge fan of cotton ease (I used it for my first sweater project, which was a huge disaster!), but I wanted something washable and my options were limited at 5 pm Sunday afternoon.  The weird photo is to make identification difficult, on the off chance she’s reading this!

I cast on Karma tank, for the SKC’s 2nd quarter knitalong.  I am enjoying the pattern, and I think the yarn, cascade pima tencel, will feel divine against the skin, so I’m excited about this one.   I did do a lot of swatching, and plenty of math, to try to obtain the fit I want for this.  Lately it seems like my knitting patterns are SO long!  I’m not a small person, 5’8″, but anything longer than 15 or 16″ from underarm is going to bisect the fullest part of my rear and that is just not a good look for me. 

I’m also working on a dress, McCalls 5802, using a semi sheer floral georgette and rayon for the lining.  Last night I cut out all the fabric, which was a pain, lots of large pieces on single layers.  I’m going to try to sew it up tonight (I have a wedding to attend tomorrow), but no pressure.  C suggested that he’d like to see me in the black floral printed Vogue dress again, and this wedding will be an entirely different set of people from the one a few weeks ago.