 Well, here it is, the project in all its glory. It's been sitting in a little pile on one of the couches for a couple of weeks, waiting for the right-sized person to come and pose in it for me. And here she is - the lovely Laura! She loved the hat and mitts particularly - and would probably have appreciated the waistcoat more if it hadn't been 27 Celsius that day! More photos below - in the detail photo you can see the lace pattern of the original jersey, on the back of the mitts. I really do need to steam the armhole trim - it would lie a lot flatter if it were properly finished. Materials (in case you've just started following):
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Now I have a complete set of mitts! And the hat is well on its way as well.As I continue on with changing a 'manky' sweater into a 3-piece fashion extravaganza, I will keep photographing, particularly the details as the work progresses.  The finished mitts! The original jumper had a lace border around the bottom of the sleeves and garment. You can see this quite clearly in the photo. Here are the finished mitts, with their 'hand-crafted' edging. The hand length is a little shorter than I would like, but they do successfully cover my knuckles. I prefer mitts with short fingers but this cloth is not really suitable for this treatment - I would have had to insert gussets between each finger - very fiddly!  Blanket stitch plus knots The finished edge - knotty but nice! This is the beginning of the hat edge. You can see how the thick and thin yarn provides a great texture of bumps. It wasn't until I started working on this edge that I realised how regular my thick and thin yarn was - perhaps I need to work on a little bit of irregularity! The first row is plain blanket stitch, the second is needle knots worked into each blanket stitch top loop.  Cuffs These cuffs are terrific! They are nice and stretchy, textured without being rough and uncomfortable; I love this bumpy look too. Here you can clearly see the starting chain that I made to pick up the stitches. Magically, I managed to make both chains the same number of stitches without counting.
The cast-off cuff edge is very flexible and (I think) looks nicer than a cast-on, and I like the simple finish of the pickup chainstitch. If I was knitting then attaching the cuff, I'd stitch it to the mitt using surface backstitch through the loops of the final row. Moving on to the hat next week... |
 AuthorKate is a photographer, writer, web author and craft dyer who lives in North Canterbury, New Zealand. Archives
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