Tag: Holes

Mud Holes

After finishing the Snow Season sweater, I immediately cast on the same sweater (Mud Season by Elizabeth Smith) in grey. The plan was to create a sweater with holes in a wrap around pattern and fix the fit issue of the Snow Season.

I started out by plotting my holes in an excel sheet to figure out where I wanted them to be and how far apart they needed to go. Then I got on with the knitting. I got stuck just below the bottom holes on the front because I wasn’t sure how long the sweater needed to be and was too lazy to put it on and see how long it already was. It took me a few weeks to get myself back into action and determine that it was already long enough and just needed ribbing. I chose 1×1 twisted knits rib for the bottom and finished my skein with that.

The neckline is improvised, it’s a collar with 1×1 twisted knits rib with short rows to fill out the neckline. When I started on the sleeves, I decided they needed a spiral holes pattern too. It gave knitting the sleeves a little more interest and kept me motivated. I did have to rip out a quarter of a sleeve when I figured out that I’d miscounted at some point. However, that didn’t dampen my spirits since I was in the train (with the cactus facemask) and felt it was a good use of my time.

I enjoy wearing this sweater. Even if the holes are not very obvious from any form of distance, I know that they are there and that is the most important part. What I didn’t take into account when making all the holes, was that there would be one on each sleeve that would fall DIRECTLY on my elbow. When I first put my elbow down on the table and it was, cold, I was very shocked. Still, it doesn’t bother me really and I think it’s quite funny even. I look forward to wearing this one more often.

Holes

Happy new January etc.

As you may or may not know, people in the Netherlands are allowed to ignite fireworks in their own backyard and/or street from 18:00 on the 31st of December until 2:00 on the 1st of January. Being somewhat easily scared and with a severe dislike of loud bangs, you can understand my dislike of the party. However, apparently, most other people do like it. Anyways.

Way back in 2014, I finished a new sweater. The pattern, or as they call it recipe was called the eyelet yoke sweater and can be found here. I had actually completely finished the body and part of a sleeve when I decided that it really was much too big and baggy and not what I wanted. So I frogged and started again, using the very unscientific method of not knitting 1 every 8 stitches. And some calculations to get the yoke to work out.

Left the frogged version, right the current one. See the difference?

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Now, the eyelet yoke sweater sort of has its description in the name. There are eyelets in the yoke, aka holes. Once I’d finished the thing it was difficult to think of something to wear underneath, because there were holes that would show whatever was underneath. Eventually I had the brilliant idea to just wear a blouse. I own two and even though they are blue and white, I don’t think they clash with the red in the sweater. I’ve now worn it out and about, and forgot to take pictures every time, so that’s why it’s ‘late’.

Here is was after a wash, you can see on the left that the bottom is not the same length all the way round, sort of. And on the right the built-in shaping which I may have overdone a little.

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The left is the finished version of the bit with the holes, and right the frogged version. There is a little difference but not much.

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Below you can see the thing on me. Excuse the horrid lighting, it’s winter, I feel like I’m in perpetual darkness with all the storms, rain and other light-blocking weather features.

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And this is my ravelry project.