Tag Archives: sweater

Colchis Pullover

Purchase the pdf file now through Ravelry (you don’t have to be a Ravelry member to purchase)buy now | add to cart | show cart Named for the place that Medea and the Golden Fleece hail from, Colchis features a graceful cable up the left front and a boxy, cropped fit through the body. Fitted […]

Coraline Completed

Now for a finished sweater — Pattern: Coraline (ravelry link) by Ysolda Teague Yarn: Sirdar Balmoral, which I bought in a dingy old bag full from KnitCraft in Odgen, UT. But turns out that the yarn has been un-discontinued (at least in the UK)! I’m not sure how the new version resembles the old version […]

EPS Update

The yoke is done, the underarms are grafted and the sleeve hems have been sewn down. The ends are woven in and it’s time to steek the piece. I’m a little bit nervous. No turning back after that. I want to make sure that I have time when I do sit down to do it […]

EPS Continued

I finished the second sleeve on EPS, and joined the sleeves to the body. It was fiddley and uncomfortable to knit the first few rounds, but improved and after a few rounds I started the short rows. I worked 3 sets of short rows, using the center point of each sleeve as my reference. The […]

Sweater Madness, Part 2

This is where we get deep into the madness part. And it’s a picture heavy brand of madness, so my apologies to those on Dial-up. So I’m working on the EPS still, but I hear the siren song from the many piles of yarn stowed around my house. While sock yarn is singing and crooning […]

Sweater Madness, Part 1

My sock yarn stash may be growing (I can neither confirm nor deny reports of that nature), but right now I’m enamoured with sweaters! I finally did the math and began my EPS – Elizabeth (Zimmerman)’s Percentage Sweater. The basic idea behind this sweater is that you take your chest measurement (or bust measurement for […]