little blue sweater

This is the first thing I have made in a while... I decided it was cute enough to post a photo of. The young lady I made it for is 7. She put it on right away and showed it off!

Circle Jacket Completed!

I am finally finished. I may shorten the sleeves if I can... once I steamed it to block it the sleeves really grew!

I followed the pattern for size M/L... next time I will do S/M! I am only 5 foot 2 so I don't really need it to be so long.

The pattern does caution that measurements are different when it is hanging verses laying flat. Lily Chin talks about this in her book Couture Crochet.

Cashmere Sweater

I finally got around to taking a photo of the sweater I made with my yarn from Christmas... it only took me two weeks to finish the sweater and maybe another two weeks to take a photo!

I have only worn it a few times. Once here at home and once at church. It is very soft and feels wonderful to wear!

The closures on the front are crocheted on. I have not learned button holes yet but, I actually like this look.

Cashmere

This is the new yarn that I was able to purchase with my Christmas money. I love working with the cashmere. It is very soft and easy to work with. This is a sweater that I am working on. I can hardly wait until it is done!

working on a sweater

I am working on a sweater... I have actually been avoiding working on the sweater. I don't always enjoy doing the same thing twice. This is my third sweater, I think, and I love how it is turning out. I will take a picture when I am done.

I guess the only thing I don't like about it is making the second sleeve. Somehow I need to motivate myself to get it done!

finished in two weeks!

here is the back:















and here is the front...






















I wore it today and got a lot of compliments... it was a great feeling to be able to say that I made it!

Sweater update

I am enjoying the time spent on this project. I am almost finished with the second sleeve now!

I only have two skeins left of this color so unless I can find more at the yarn store here I won't be able to make it as long as I had hoped. Since this is my first raglan I was not sure what to expect... I already have so many ideas for the next one!

My First Raglan Sweater

I have tried to make sweaters from patterns with no luck. After reading online about Raglan sweaters and seeing a few posted on other blogs I thought Iwould give one a try.

I am using the instructions provided in Maggie Righetti's book "Crocheting In Plain English". I have only had to rip out and start over once so far! My collar is longer than what she gives instructions for and so far that is my only modification to her written instructions.

Wish me luck!