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nonelvisI finished knitting my first sweater last month, but am only now getting around to (crappily) photographing it:
(Gee, it would be nice if there were some broad, flat surface in our home with decent lighting. Alas, that is not the case.)
Anyway, it came out pretty well. The pattern was easy to follow, and the sweater fits perfectly, although the bell sleeves can make eating a little tricky. (It's also less shapeless than this photo makes it look; click through to the pattern to see it on a mannequin.) This may be my one and only sweater though, unless I find a pattern that is largely knit in one piece, as I have confirmed that there is nothing I find more tedious and annoying than sewing seams.
Still, I got it done well before my deadline of "finish before winter ends," and I'm pleased with the results.
(Gee, it would be nice if there were some broad, flat surface in our home with decent lighting. Alas, that is not the case.)
Anyway, it came out pretty well. The pattern was easy to follow, and the sweater fits perfectly, although the bell sleeves can make eating a little tricky. (It's also less shapeless than this photo makes it look; click through to the pattern to see it on a mannequin.) This may be my one and only sweater though, unless I find a pattern that is largely knit in one piece, as I have confirmed that there is nothing I find more tedious and annoying than sewing seams.
Still, I got it done well before my deadline of "finish before winter ends," and I'm pleased with the results.
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on 2010-03-25 03:33 am (UTC)Also: There *is* nothing more tedious and annoying than sewing seams. So! You, my friend, need to discover the works of one Elizabeth Zimmerman, knitting godmother to all knitters. She despised seams, loved working from the top --> down if at all possible, and was clever beyond words. Most of her patterns (or guides, more than patterns) have very few, very tiny seams, if any at all. And she writes Like Julia. I like to think of them cooking and knitting together up in sensible-but-super-fun heaven. (EZ rode on the back of her husband's motorcycle, knitting....)
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on 2010-03-25 01:49 pm (UTC)It does :D
I've definitely heard of Elizabeth Zimmerman, so next time I feel like making a sweater, I'll try to track down some of her guides.
I am making this right now. It's loads of fun, though I'll probably revise that opinion when I'm wrangling 500 stitches on two circular needles.
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on 2010-03-22 05:04 pm (UTC)Of course, for me knitting would be the tedious part!
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on 2010-03-22 10:10 pm (UTC)There are innumerable patterns (and books about writing patterns) for seamless sweaters (or seamless knitting in general). If you haven't already, learn circular knitting, and in the case of sweaters, the concept of knitting from the neck (or "top") down. This book: http://www.amazon.com/Knitting-Top-Barbara-G-Walker/dp/0942018095 is great at giving a general visualization of how that works.
And it's a little more daunting, but almost any standard sweater pattern can be converted into being knitted in the round, avoiding most seams.
I also hate seaming. And sewing under ends.
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on 2010-03-22 10:30 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2010-03-23 01:07 am (UTC)I thought I hated seams until I foolishly let my nephew pick out his sweater pattern and he picked one with five colors that switched colors EVERY ROW. It was a nightmare. But boy was it cute when it was done!
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