Today was actually sunny so I took a lot of pictures and I’ll be spacing the posts out over the next week, it’s supposed to rain again all next week.

I have been wanting to knit a fair isle sweater since I first started knitting but I was always nervous about steeking.  The thought of cutting up my knitting just didn’t seem like a good idea, I tend to rush things too much and do too sloppy of a job to trust that it would work.  Well, what better way to try it than on something that I didn’t knit.  My mom had this old sweater (from J.Crew) that she can’t wear because it’s too heavy and she just gets too hot in it.  The yarn the sweater is made from is very similar to Lamb’s Pride Bulky, so similar that it very well could be Lamb’s Pride Bulky.  It’s  a nice sweater, warm and cuddly, but she was going to get rid of it because she just couldn’t stand to wear it. 

So I decided to cut up the front and make it a cardigan for her.  I found the center stitch and did a row of single crochet stitches up the front on one leg of the center stitch and one leg of the stitch next to it, on either side of the center.  I should have taken a picture of that.  Then I just pulled the stitches apart so I could see the bars between them and slowly cut up the center.  It actually worked.

To finish off the edges, I folded them over and blanket stitched the edges down.  I used some 100% wool to do all the crochet and the blanket stitch so it will grip the sweater yarn and, hopefully, hold it all together.  Now I just need to find a zipper.  I gave the sweater back to my mom and explained what I did and she was really surprised and she loves the sweater as a cardigan, she’s even worn it a few times. 

I wore my Herringbone Sweater all day yesterday and I really love it.  I was worried about it being too big but the fit is perfect and it looks so good and it is very comfortable.  I even had a couple people ask where I bought it.  I didn’t get a picture of it, though. 

I went to my last trip to the dentist today (he was finally able to do my filling, after almost an hour of drilling) and while I was out I stopped at Joann’s and picked up some buttons for my coat.  I’ll show them next week, too.