Textileophile

Hey blog! How are you all doing today?  I'm... middling. I was wandering my facebook memories this morning when I came across a sweater I made eleven years ago and I got the worst case of second-hand embarrassment for my 11 years younger self.  So, I decided what better thing to do than to share my embarrassment with you guys! ^^ What was baby knitter Jessica knitting on eleven years ago that could have caused such a cringe? This: It's a drop shoulder Ravenclaw sweater knit out of super bulky big-box craft store yarn. The sleeves are about 5 inches too long, they are massive, and the entire thing could fit two people, I'm convinced. I'm... getting less mortified the more I look at it. For one reason, I spent the ensuing YEARS getting sleeves to fit Zac at the underarm.  He has massive biceps you see, and although these are inches too long, they actually have enough room that he can move his arms and be comfortable in the sweater. For two reason, this is a sweater.  I...

Hey there! I'm having a difficult time getting into this post.  It feels like nothing has happened since I last posted, but that's a lie.  I've been stitching a lot in the last few weeks, and I've made a lot of progress on things.  Heck! I even made a whole sweater in that time! So, shall I get started? Last I left you, it was Christmas Eve!  I was about to wake up to some new sweater yarn!  I got enough to make a sweater I'd planned to make for years and years. Tastu by Marie Wallin.   And yeah, I got the yarn from the pattern.  I promise I don't *always* do that, but apparently I do it enough that it's a thing I do sometimes. I am pretty sure I didn't even stop to make a gauge swatch.  That's also something I do enough that it's a thing I do sometimes: cast on with wild abandon! I did a tubular cast on, which is a favorite for a nice polished stretchy edge.  And then I went for it.  The pattern is written flat and seamed.  I norma...