I am so excited about today's post! I have been in a knitting craze lately and all I want to do is knit. This holiday season offered a lot of quality knitting time and I was able to start and finish a big project. Typically I knit small things- shawls, socks, baby items, etc. I kept putting off knitting a sweater for me because I said I would wait until I lost weight. I didn't want to spend hours knitting a sweater and then have it not fit. I have a whole list of sweaters that I want to knit "once I'm skinny". Who knows how long that will be since I am not actively dieting. Why shouldn't I knit a sweater for me, right now, as I am. I found a flattering sweater pattern and dug through my stash of yarn to find something that would work. I didn't want to have to buy yarn (and I didn't!). I wanted to knit a sweater to tell myself that I am good enough just as I am. Sure, if I lost weight there would be a larger variety of sweaters that would look good. But until then, my life is not on hold. I am good enough and damn it, I want to knit a sweater. So without further ado, I am happy to introduce you to my sweater to celebrate me and all of me. The pattern is Hey Teach! and is a free pattern that can be found on Ravelry. Hubby lovingly made me buttons out of antlers. This sweater is a true compilation of our two strenghts. Other than the yarn, everything is handmade and that makes me so happy!
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Showing posts with label sweaters. Show all posts
Friday, January 10, 2014
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Lofty Knitting Goals
I mistakenly thought that in Texas I would have less of a reason to knit. Once again I was proven wrong. I went to the local knit group (by local I mean 20 miles away) and to my surprise everyone was wearing short sleeve sweaters. Short sleeve sweaters! I am an all or nothing girl, and I thought that since Texas is hot, there is no need for sweaters. Oh, silly me. I didn't even consider short sleeves. Or non-wool sweaters. One lady was wearing a gorgeous pink silk sweater. Instead of thinking that I will be knitting less in Texas, I just have to shift my thinking. I will be knitting differently. Not so many wool mittens, but instead shawls and cowls. The first week I got here Austin got an ice storm. The highs didn't make it above freezing. Too bad all my knitted items were packed with the movers. I am looking forward to knitting this year. I still have a huge amount of yarn in my "stash" as knitters call their hoards of yarn. I picked out some yarn for upcoming projects. From now until the end of January I will be working on these projects.
The green yarn and white yarn will be for two different sweaters. The orange multi colored yarn will be for a hat for Hubby. The red will be for some lace project. The yellowish grey will be for socks. That ought to keep me busy for a while, don't ya think?
The green yarn and white yarn will be for two different sweaters. The orange multi colored yarn will be for a hat for Hubby. The red will be for some lace project. The yellowish grey will be for socks. That ought to keep me busy for a while, don't ya think?
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