I'm just a knitwit
Aug. 19th, 2007 03:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eimarraOkay, behind the cut are the promised pictures of the kid sweaters I've done. Three of them still need buttons.
This was the first sweater I did on the trip, and my first attempt at intarsia knitting. There's some puckering. The six-year-old wants a matching sweater, though, so I can try to improve that. It's actually black and white, but the colors didn't photograph true (also for other sweaters below).
Simple sweater and matching cap in a sueded yarn, knit in seed stitch. I loved the color, and I figure if we don't have a girl, I'm sure to know someone who does at some point.
Last baby sweater--more of a vest, really. The yellow around the edges is a heavier weight yarn, which pulls terribly. I want to do some more of these--this was very quick to knit up, and I could do the stripes in any colors---but I'll use a matching weight yarn for the trim.
The six-year-old's sweater. I plan to do a matching one for the baby, and probably caps as well.
Why so much black and white? Because that's what babies are born seeing. Rods develop before cones, and even when color vision starts picking up, high contrasts are easier for them to focus on. And I love the graphic design on that last sweater. Right now, though, I'm working on some socks. They're reasonably quick and easy, and they keep my hands busy.
This was the first sweater I did on the trip, and my first attempt at intarsia knitting. There's some puckering. The six-year-old wants a matching sweater, though, so I can try to improve that. It's actually black and white, but the colors didn't photograph true (also for other sweaters below).
Simple sweater and matching cap in a sueded yarn, knit in seed stitch. I loved the color, and I figure if we don't have a girl, I'm sure to know someone who does at some point.
Last baby sweater--more of a vest, really. The yellow around the edges is a heavier weight yarn, which pulls terribly. I want to do some more of these--this was very quick to knit up, and I could do the stripes in any colors---but I'll use a matching weight yarn for the trim.
The six-year-old's sweater. I plan to do a matching one for the baby, and probably caps as well.
Why so much black and white? Because that's what babies are born seeing. Rods develop before cones, and even when color vision starts picking up, high contrasts are easier for them to focus on. And I love the graphic design on that last sweater. Right now, though, I'm working on some socks. They're reasonably quick and easy, and they keep my hands busy.
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Date: 2007-08-19 08:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-19 08:19 pm (UTC)One of my mother-in-law's friends saw me working on the one for the six-year-old and said that my child must have the best collection of hand-knitted sweaters. Um, no. I made one when the child was about 6 months, and this is the first one since.
My mom commented on my use of textured yarn--yes, I love soft yarns and nubbly yarns and . . . but kids explore by touch a lot, so especially the sueded yarn seemed like a good idea.
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Date: 2007-08-19 09:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-20 02:19 am (UTC)I'm in awe-- can't knit to save my life.
Well, OK, I'd give it a good shot if it were to save my life, but I can't count, and I can't fix it when I screw up.
:o/
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Date: 2007-08-20 06:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-20 09:42 pm (UTC)Elizabeth Zimmerman suggests just knitting in the round on circular needles so you never have to purl for a simple stockinette stitch. (This doesn't help with ribbing, though.)
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Date: 2007-08-20 11:48 pm (UTC)