I can cheat can't I?
Hey signing in to say I have 2 finished tweeds!
They are both the Central Park Hoodie by Heather Lodinsky in the 2006 Fall Knitscene. The oatmeal is for my sister and the red one was for me:
They were knitted using Tahki Donegal Tweed. I love, love, love these projects and this is where the cheating comes in - I actually knitted this for the CPH KAL but they are made from tweed so I can post them here too, can't I? I'm going to post on the Fall Cable KAL also so I'm just knockin' the KALs down right and left. The pattern calls for too much yarn so now I have 2 1/2 hanks of tweed each so I'm asking y'all - what's a good project to make with 2 1/2 hanks? I'd love to use up the yarn to keep on tweeding along! Tiennie
***UPDATE***
I've been getting questions on how I did the toggles so I'll just post it here. Hope these directions make sense. First, I did the left front ribbing and binded off, and attached the toggle buttons evenly to the front. I put the buttons on before I did the right front ribbing so that I would know where to place the loops for the toggles. Then I did the right front ribbing. When I got to the bind off row - I started from the bottom and binded off towards the top of the cardigan. That way, I started off making a loop right away for the toggle at the bottom of the sweater. I knit 2 sts, placed those 2 sts back on the left needle, knit those 2 sts again and repeated (about 11 times), I then had an i-cord of sorts, I bound off one of the stitch and continued binding off, up the ribbing, until I got to the next place where there should be a loop, and knit 2 sts again and repeated the process. After the last loop, it was easy sailing up the rest of the binding off! Let me know if this helps!
They are both the Central Park Hoodie by Heather Lodinsky in the 2006 Fall Knitscene. The oatmeal is for my sister and the red one was for me:
They were knitted using Tahki Donegal Tweed. I love, love, love these projects and this is where the cheating comes in - I actually knitted this for the CPH KAL but they are made from tweed so I can post them here too, can't I? I'm going to post on the Fall Cable KAL also so I'm just knockin' the KALs down right and left. The pattern calls for too much yarn so now I have 2 1/2 hanks of tweed each so I'm asking y'all - what's a good project to make with 2 1/2 hanks? I'd love to use up the yarn to keep on tweeding along! Tiennie
***UPDATE***
I've been getting questions on how I did the toggles so I'll just post it here. Hope these directions make sense. First, I did the left front ribbing and binded off, and attached the toggle buttons evenly to the front. I put the buttons on before I did the right front ribbing so that I would know where to place the loops for the toggles. Then I did the right front ribbing. When I got to the bind off row - I started from the bottom and binded off towards the top of the cardigan. That way, I started off making a loop right away for the toggle at the bottom of the sweater. I knit 2 sts, placed those 2 sts back on the left needle, knit those 2 sts again and repeated (about 11 times), I then had an i-cord of sorts, I bound off one of the stitch and continued binding off, up the ribbing, until I got to the next place where there should be a loop, and knit 2 sts again and repeated the process. After the last loop, it was easy sailing up the rest of the binding off! Let me know if this helps!
posted by tiennieknits at 2:55 PM
6 Comments:
Wow, they are gorgeous!!!!
great job! Thats not cheating, thats good thinking :)
What to do with the leftovers?
Socks! Then you can knock off a project for Socktoberfest 2006, LOL.
If I remember right, Donegal Tweed is a DK weight (#3 or #4 on the scale from fingering to bulky). It would probably do very well for the Sock of Doom from Sock Wars 2006. Go to yarnmonkey's blog to find the pattern. If you haven't tackled socks yet, this is a great pattern for beginners, but not boring for those with years of experience.
oh wow! i can't believe yoou finished two gorgeous sweater. they both look fantastic. I love it.
Both are absolutely gorgeous! That looks like a wonderful pattern. Dontcha just love it when you make something that counts for more than one KAL?!
Those are both gorgeous!
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