Sleeve

Props to the Craft Yarn Council of America

Posted in Design Process, errata, Pattern Writing, Sleeve, on 7 January 2010 - 2:39pm

I paid a visit to the CYCA's website the other day to look at their charts for body measurements and standard sizing, and was pleasantly surprised to

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Spring cleaning

Posted in Design Process, Filatura di Crosa Trilly, Sleeve, Tilli Tomas Fil de la Mer, Wyvern Wrap, Yarn, on 6 April 2009 - 4:25am

For once I have a week or two in between projects:  I'm waiting for a yarn delivery so I can start my next one.  In the meantime I've finally been able to do some required ripping. 

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Square egg

Posted in Chinese Lace Pullover, Design Process, Problems, Sleeve, on 24 March 2006 - 7:21pm

Even though I've been knitting madly for the past few days, I'm not sure any of it will be with us for long, if you know what I mean.  I lengthened the belled lace cuff, then tried an eyelet rib to transition into the upper sleeve, then tried making the upper sleeve fuller, and then gave up and went back to my

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Sleeve me

Posted in Chinese Lace Pullover, Design Process, Sleeve, on 18 March 2006 - 11:40am

I like the belled cuff, and the stockinette is okay, I think...I hope...I tried swatching some small eyelet patterns which I thought might complement the lace, for the upper part of the sleeve, but wasn't crazy about any of them.  The lace cuff could be another inch or two longer, I think, and then this sleeve really needs something at the lace-stockinette juncture, maybe something a little ribby, with a few eyelets, or maybe even just a row or two of reverse stockinette.... The above photo would be benefit from better lighting, but it's only 20 degrees outside right now, so outdoor photography is, well, painful.  At least it's almost April; If it were only January, I'd have to seriously consider cutting the mullions out of the window to get rid of those shadow bars falling across anything I try to photograph in natural light. I mean, this is kind of ridiculous.

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Mother of the Bride

Posted in Chinese Lace Pullover, Design Process, Sleeve, on 16 March 2006 - 2:23pm

That's what came to mind when I looked at this sleeve, worked in a variation of Chinese Lace.  Actually, what first came to mind was Miss Havisham (also wedding-related!), but I decided that was a bit harsh.  Nothing wrong with "mother of the bride,"  and the lace is pretty--just not quite the mod look I was hoping for, at least not in this incarnation.  Such a shame--I had even worked out an increase sequence which blended into the pattern stitch quite nicely. In fact, in the photo at left, of the underside of the sleeve, you can see the increases; they form the panel which narrows to a point about midway down the sleeve, in the center.  Oh well.  I'm not going to frog this just yet; first I'll see how I like the new version I'm working on:  the lace bells more at the cuff, narrows to the elbow and then switches to stockinette.      

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