Would you believe it? I’m finally knitting Abby’s Harry Potter Sweater! It’s only been, what, 9 months or so since I committed to Alison’s knitalong? (See sidebar). Anyway, I started Friday evening, and finished the back last night.
I’m using Silky Tweed, and it is making such a pretty fabric. Here’s a detail shot.
Nice, no?
So, I took the sweater to church with me yesterday, and was knitting in the foyer while visiting with people (I should have been in bed, I was way nauseated. The knitting helped distract me from my pains), and someone asked if Abby was going to “be” Harry, or Harry’s girlfriend? I didn’t think that a non-knitter might not understand how totally cool it is to make a Harry Sweater.
Ok, so another question.
This is my first time doing intarsia. Amazing, I know. My pattern says to carry the yarn across the back of the letter, fair isle style, instead of using separate balls. What do you think? Sounds weird to me.
And I finally sent out my stitch markers! So I’m catching up with my “Participating In” commitments. I must be nesting already. The sad thing is that one of the ladies I sent to lives in the south of Louisiana. She’s further west than New Orleans, but still… I hope she’s ok. She has neither updated her blog in a month, nor answered any of my emails. We checked out her zip code on the USPS, and it said they’re getting limited delivery.
Back to the sweater…. I can’t believe I’m knitting a silk sweater on size 5 needles (32 inch bust) for a 7 year old! I’m definitely sewing a label in the back with name, phone number, plead to please return if found, and explicit instructions to NOT WASH IT!!!!!
UPDATE– One more thing. After the comment in church yesterday, I asked Nate if I should make the sweater with an “A” instead of an “H”, and he said, “No way. Then she’d be Alvin Chipmunk“!
Yeah, Harry is better than Alvin. Any day.
September 12th, 2005 at 2:56 am
Wow! You are such a quick knitter. Congratulations on the new baby!
September 12th, 2005 at 3:29 am
A “H” !!! not an A…your husband is so right !!
the silky tweed is lovely.
hope you’ll fell better soon !!
September 12th, 2005 at 4:09 am
That Silky Tweed looks so pretty. I keep meaning to work with it but haven’t found a project yet. As far as the intarsia goes, since you’ll be working across very small areas you can strand it if you get your tension right. I don’t know what they expect you to do for the long horizontal section in the middle though. I would probably use separate bobbins. You will only use a few and your won’t have to fret over your tension so much.
September 12th, 2005 at 4:17 am
w00t! It looks beautiful; I love that color. She’s going to look absoutley wonderful in it. And as for the intarsia, well, you saw mine and how bunchy it was, but it got so much better after a good blocking.
September 12th, 2005 at 5:35 am
I totally burst out laughing at the “Alvin” comment! You know, I kind of wondered about that myself – why people don’t put the initial of the person who it’s being made for but then I guess it wouldn’t really be a “Harry Potter” sweater, would it? If it were me I would carry the yarn because the other vertical bar isn’t that far away and it would make it easier for the horizontal section of the “H”. I love that silky tweed – it’s so pretty! Ben Franklin is having a sale on Silky Wool and I was thinking of buying some for a “Viking Knits” project. Not that I don’t have a zillion other projects on the back burner…
September 12th, 2005 at 6:45 am
Love it in the silky tweed! I seriously considered that for my weasley, but had to go with the machine washable felted tweed.
As far as carrying the yarn in the back, you can carry the MC across the back as long as you catch it every inch or so, but you’ve got to do the CC intarsia-style. No way you’re carrying that to the edges! I can’t imagine that’s what they mean either. I think they’re really calling for mixing the two methods.
September 12th, 2005 at 9:47 am
Lookin good! Feel better soon!