trying to graduate from stockinette

sampling. a nice grey wool from sweden paired with thinner ones in black,purple and dark blue to see which one looks best.card nº1 standard brother machine.if done fairisle style you get a gooseye texture in two colors.it is not easy to knit a sweater, at least for my skill level, with that set up.but as i need a gauge swatch i am using thyis to practice and gain confidence.then i'll decide. i hasve enough failed projects under my belt.

it is mind boggling how i can knit double bed jacquard  art pieces and how incapable i am of knitting a well fitting sweater.

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if life were a pair of mitts

it would be peachy.two hours all together and i'm not a fast knitter.now i need to make a pair of cotton ones for the spring-summer season.vanity lives here. (￣ω￣ )

 it's been so long since i sat at the loom. with this kind of instant gratification it's not easy. i have to repair the present  mess at the loom and start weaving since i have some projects cooking.that loom has been stalled for an embarrasingly long period, occupied by a failed warp  which i dont' have the guts to trash since it's  silk dyed with natural dyes. i need courage.

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a sucess story

simple has better chances of sucess.pretty chuffed with the piecing, the idiot cord neckband worked well also.there are no fitting problems bcse there is no fitting.the wool yarn was recouped from a failes sweater project so it's win-win. However,

pride always brings along the less welcome humbling guest of the fall from grace

this one is an absolute no go. the yarn dyed beautifully ,but the knitting is disastrous.one side came out a good 4cms longer than the other. still(>人<)

don't understand the hows. anyway i'm gathering stamina to unravel,wind and try again.

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