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A beautiful ensemble! I love the colour, it is my favorite one. I hope your hands fully recovered after the move! We really need nimble fingers and healthy wrist for our crafts.
by Kampfzwerg
06 Mar 2018
Mine also. I have an other twin-set in turquoise in Ajour, It looks really grat with navy-blue or white.
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261161You made a fabulous outfit! That "useless pile of paper" turned out to be a treasure trove! You certainly have mastered the techniques needed to make such a gorgeous creation! What else have you knitted? I want to see more!
by Kampfzwerg
03 Mar 2018
Will come up later. When I started knitting sweaters the right and purl stitches were uneven. I was so frustrated that I started a sweater in rounds, but from the left side. The whole thing in purl-stitches. That took care of that. I didn`t do much in garter-stitch, because it was too boring. I started out with Fair-Isle knitting, sitting at the table with my crayons and quad paper and drawing patterns for my next object. I have knitted socks, woolen chemisoles for children with 2mm needles, big Islandic sweaters for my SIL and her husband, an Aaran-sweater for my hubby with 3mm needles in 56E-46US, lace, Guernseys, lots of cable, Ajour, mittens, hats an so much more. In the moment I`m recovering from our last move. My hands were so overworked, I couldn`t even open a milk package. So I started a hand-recovering-programm with a crochet-hook.I really didn`t have the strength for knitting. When I started the first shawl in Mini-Virus-pattern, I had a Déjà-vu-experience. My hand instantly knew, they have donne this pattern before. It nagged at me. Two weeks later, while unpacking my sewing and knitting magazines, one slipped and fell open. I just could not belive what I saw: the Mini-Virus pattern and the glued in bandage of the yarn from 1977. And I remebered. I`ve made a cream and beige-ombree shawl for my fiances grandma, for his sister`s wedding. "There are more things between the sky and earth than school wisdom will let you imagine".
Well, well.
by mops
05 Mar 2018
When I started knitting I had to use a 0.5 mm smaller needle for purling than for the knit stitches not to get a tell-tale stripy effect.
3364017410294313868Gosh you are so clever I love the complete outfit you have made.
Well done.
29723Thank You Cuties for looking and comments. I somehow have inherited a color memory.
I never sew the pieces together. Instead I use a crochethook. When I was 15 and started knitting seriously (my first socks), I scrached together my pocketmoney to buy a Burda knitting instruction book. My mama called me insane to spend 7.50 DM for a pale of useless paper. In this book they showed different kinds of seams to use on knitted items. I discovered that a sewn daisy stitch is the same as a croched slipstitch and use it cince then. I love it. If I make a mistake, I simply pull the thread and unravel it and try again. All the edges are finished with a croched slipstitch to hold them in form. Cotton isn`t really stretchy, pitty.
7871Lovely! I love buttons!! Amazing how everything matches so well, when they were all purchased at different times. Beautifully done.
5431A wonderful set. Amazing how one item can motivate us to create around it. You did a great job.
109762What a gorgeous set! and to think it was all inspired by some buttons! Amazing!
7075314619Your plan came together really well! It's a beautiful set.
158553Looks very nice to you plan to wear it a Easter. the color would be perfect.
2735641781reading your story I just had to take a closer look at the buttons. The whole set is beautiful, excellent job, and lovely colour.
740199Wow! This is outstanding and I LOVE the colour! Well done it must look gorgeous on you. Love Chris
234253Lovely outfit! I'm impressed that you started with the buttons and worked outwards!
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