i put the neck on. what a hassle. i had to frog and reknit it because.... well, i'm tired and it's technical. something to do with purling through the back loop and the significance of not doing that. and i had to redo the shoulder seams because i have only ever knit raglans before and my seaming was truly dreadful.
my three needle bind off round the neck is quite an obvious seam. i don't know if it's supposed to invisible or not. but it looks neat, if obvious, so it's staying.
the sides aren't sewn up yet, which is why i am contorted in the photo. i was trying to hold the camera and the top to keep me modest-like.
the armholes are quite small, although i made them larger than the pattern called for, so i do not want the lace ruffle extending under my arms (yucky sensation. hate frilly stuff in my armpits). so i have to study the pattern carefully to make a nice lace edging that 'grows' out of the armscye. i don't want to just cast on less stitches, because that will leave a right angley-thing where the lace ends.
does ANY of this make sense? i am quite tired (thankyou, dresden dolls and your four and a half hour show that only ended because the venue was closing) and not so eloquent.
i did have the apparently genius idea last night of knitting a pillbox hat with veil and floral embellishment. still too tired to work out if this is in fact a good idea, or deluded brain-rambling... i would stiffen the actual hat with a cardboard...um... hat-shape that the knitted part would go over.
posted by lupinbunny @ 5:47 pm
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Does look nice, indeed. Much agreement with Ysolda.
I think the collar looks particularly good. Did you lengthen this to the pattern? (racks brain thinking about the original)..
could you felt the hat to stiffen it?
michelle
i was thinking about felting a oill box hat... something inspired by my aunt's army uniform thingo which is actually really cute. army uniforms? cute? yeah, i know. but it is!
so yeah. felting. it's the way of the future.
oill = pill. must remember to spell check!
oh, and yes. the top looks even better in person. it's fan-diddly-tastic and you should be proud! even the warts don't look warty.
i really want the stitch definition, so felting is kind of out (though i intend to felt the flowers).
i've bookmarked a crochet pattern for a pillbox, so maybe it's time to take the plunge?
else, i have a pretty clear idea of how i'm going to shape it. the construction will pretty much be the same as a floor cushion/ chair pad (without the corners, and the bit on the bottom, and the foam inside, and the cushionness, obviously).
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