It's the Kittee and Maygles KAL

kittee · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:44 pm

Me 'n' Maygles are gonna do a sweater knit-along. Anyone want to join us? The sweater is super cute, knit top down and seamless! It's Raveled here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library ... de-ripples and if you're not on Ravelry you can see it here: http://twistcollective.com/collection/index.php/component/content/article/75-fall-2009-patterns/414-low-tide-ripples-by-suvi-simola. (sorry for the ugly url).

I might be casting on sooner than Maygles, but still not for awhile yet. Post if you're interested!!
xo
kittee

kittee · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:07 am

or not, pistachios!

couroupita · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:53 am

I've never done a sweater. Would you say this pattern is accessible to sweater n00bs?

kittee · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2012 2:06 am

couroupita wrote:

I've never done a sweater. Would you say this pattern is accessible to sweater n00bs?

i think this is more of an intermediate sweater, since it's got cables n charts. i'd be glad to point you to some good beginner options if you want. top down raglans are great.

xo
kittee

Pi. · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:58 am

I might be interested... I wonder if I have stash yarn I could use. This would make my mom's next b-day gift easy to figure out!

What yarn are you using kittee? And more importantly, what color?

kittee · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:18 am

Pi. wrote:

What yarn are you using kittee? And more importantly, what color?

I have a ton of vintage acrylic in my stash, but I have been recently wooed by a LYS here that has tons of vegan yarn. You go in and pick from all these cool choices, and then they ply it together for you. It's cool! But I was thinking a dark grey or navy blue for this one.

xo
kittee

torque · **Posted:** Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:20 pm

i need to pass, since i'm not super keen on how that sweater would look on me, but if it makes you feel any better, while you are doing that project i will be doing this:

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kittee · **Posted:** Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:27 pm

torque wrote:

i need to pass, since i'm not super keen on how that sweater would look on me, but if it makes you feel any better, while you are doing that project i will be doing this:

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that is one big owl! and so very cute too. what's the ravelry link?
xo
kittee

torque · **Posted:** Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:13 pm

another purl soho.... i am getting predictable!!!
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/big-snowy-owl

i have a huge cone of lace-weight slubby undyed cotton that i want to use up, so i am sextupling up the yarn and using that. won't be as big as the pattern calls for but my kid is an owl fan, so she'll love it anyway.

kittee · **Posted:** Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:46 pm

torque wrote:

another purl soho.... i am getting predictable!!!
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/big-snowy-owl

i have a huge cone of lace-weight slubby undyed cotton that i want to use up, so i am sextupling up the yarn and using that. won't be as big as the pattern calls for but my kid is an owl fan, so she'll love it anyway.

I want one! 2.5 stitches to the inch!

torque · **Posted:** Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:29 am

well, THAT gauge isn't going to happen..... (don't have the needles for it on hand) but there's really no need for a foot-high owl either!!! the way it's coming it looks to be about half to 2/3 the size.

Pi. · **Posted:** Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:33 am

kittee wrote:

Pi. wrote:

You go in and pick from all these cool choices, and then they ply it together for you. It's cool!

That sounds fantastic!

I remembered that I don't love top-down sweaters and much prefer to do them in pieces. I'm going to look through my stash and at some patterns. Maybe I'll knit the same one with you if I have yarn, or this might have motivated me to knit a different one! I do love how the one you and Maygles picked looks... maybe I'll suck it up and knit top-down.

Sarah-Jane · **Posted:** Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:33 am

torque wrote:

i need to pass, since i'm not super keen on how that sweater would look on me, but if it makes you feel any better, while you are doing that project i will be doing this:

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I love this so much! Need to make!

kittee · **Posted:** Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:01 pm

Pi. wrote:

I remembered that I don't love top-down sweaters and much prefer to do them in pieces.

Really????? To me, piecing pieces together is the devil! Plus with a top down, you can try on as you go to make changes for a great fit!
xo
kittee

Pi. · **Posted:** Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:35 pm

kittee wrote:

Pi. wrote:

I remembered that I don't love top-down sweaters and much prefer to do them in pieces.

Really????? To me, piecing pieces together is the devil! Plus with a top down, you can try on as you go to make changes for a great fit!
xo
kittee

The bulk of it gets me... if I'm knitting pieces I can do it on the T or take it places easier. And I don't mind seaming, I was a sewer way before I was a knitter. I do like being able to try on as I go. I've had one pieced sweater end up way too small (gave it to a cousin) and another that I had to cut the bottom 4" off of to add length in the middle (was faster than reknitting the bottom fair isle pattern).

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