Posted in 2006, Dalegarn Lace Cardigan, Sweaters on June 15, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Pattern: Lace Cardigan from Dalegarn 124
Size: 12 months
Yarn: Dalegarn Stork, color #2 - cream (100% cotton), fingering weight, 195 yards /180 meters per 50g skein
Amount: 4 skeins (3 complete, and part of a 4th)
Needles: Clover Bamboo circ size 0 and addi turbos 24″ in size 1 (2.5mm)
Gauge: 32 st and 40 rows = 4 inches
Started/finished: [...]
Posted in Dalegarn Lace Cardigan on June 7, 2006 | No Comments »
I finished the lace cardigan last night. I still have to buy buttons and then I will post pictures and the pattern info. Finishing this sweater was more complicated than knitting the body! I proudly knit the neck late one night when I was very tired. Upon casting off, I looked at it and thought [...]
Posted in Dalegarn Lace Cardigan on May 28, 2006 | No Comments »
I finally finished sleeve #2 and joined all the pieces together. This picture is a couple days old… I have since finished a couple more pattern repeats. I would like to get to finish this by the end of the month, but I am spending time getting my kitchen and mudroom ready to tile. We [...]
Posted in Dalegarn Lace Cardigan on May 23, 2006 | 2 Comments »
It took three evenings, but I reknit that darn arm! It is now on the Addi Turbos with the body and they are waiting for the second arm. It is starting to look like an actual sweater. I ripped out the original first this afternoon and have plans to restart it again tonight. I am [...]
Posted in Dalegarn Lace Cardigan on May 20, 2006 | No Comments »
So it looks like I have made progress, right? I guess I fooled you, because ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE RIPPED OUT. I started the first sleeve 4 times. I was determined not to have to buy size 2.5mm dpn, so I kept trying the magic loop method. I think I will try [...]
Posted in Dalegarn Lace Cardigan on May 14, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Towards the end of April, we had a period of unusually warm days. In the early morning, I would search through my daughter’s drawer for a basic lightweight sweater that would keep her a bit warmer in the cooler morning, and nothing seemed quite right. Of course, being a knitter, my immediate thought was not [...]
