This is "No Sweat," the second design from the "pullover" chapter of Doris Chan's Everyday Crochet. It starts out the same as "Jewel" (see the crochetalong forum for Jewel), but then it has longer sleeves, ribbed edging on neck and sleeve hems, and a longer body with side vents. Also I'm making it bigger, in different yarn, to wear as a second layer.
Teresa - do you have a progress report?
Joy, how is your VEST coming along?!?
Teresea I like the look of your crochet hook.
We are coming over to Florida for Christmas and new yr maybe I will see soem nice craft shops to get new hooks and patterns.
Kath
It is a nice hook! It's made by Brittany. They make hooks and knitting needles out of birch. I've seen them in lots of yarn stores in the U.S. Are you in Scotland? where?
I like using this hook on this yarn, because the yarn is stretch (lycra) which makes it harder to get consistent stitches. It seems to help that my hook is wood, and a little less slippery than my stainless steel hook of the same size.
I had gotten as far as Row 12, and took a good look. There was a BUMP in each corner, several rows back. I think I messed up the join into the increase-shell and got the corners out of alignment. Here's a picture of R.I.P -- Rip In Progess -- as I un-hooked back as far as Row 6. It took me until midnight to re-make the rows and get back to Row 12. But it is going quickly!
Don't you love those piles of curly yarn!
I have made zero progress on my 4-S Vest. I've actually had work the past few days and since I'm self-employed I have to take it when it's there. And in the evenings I've been working on Christmas gifts (where I've had my own piles of that curly stuff!).
I hope to get back to it quickly, especially after seeing the capelet made by twinkiesmom.
You're doing a great job - I'm looking forward to seeing this finished as well.
- Joy B.
I think I'm going to call this one "No Blues Sweater"! Work is going a lot quicker than the first one, just as I hoped. The yarn is a little strange to work with though (stretchy). I started to get much more consistent gauge after the first few inches. Oh well. I have faith that blocking will make the difference less obvious.
I'm also pondering what to do about the neck. I made this quite a bit bigger than "Jewel" (42 instead of 36), and the neckline is fairly low. I'm not sure I want to do the ribbed edging in the pattern; I'd like to get more of a collar thing going on. THAT's the missing chapter from Doris's book! Collars!! Hmm, shells? ribbing? SCBLO? hmmm....
Hey Teresa,
Great progress! I think the missing collars are more about my personal likes and dislikes than anything else. I have a short neck. A really short neck. Collars are a nuisance for me to wear, particularly if I have on earrings. snag. catch. Argh!
Also a question of time and space. Adding collars means more samples, more copy, more photos, more pages. My poor one book would never hold all that could be done to these designs.
Most of the necklines in the book are relaxed and easy-fitting. Purposely so. That way more body types can get a more comfortable fit, better than if the necks were all too tight, huh?
Very few collars can easily be worked onto a loose, generous neckline. Cowl (which I did). Shawl (which I did).
If you want a collar on your No Sweat, you could do a cowl (like Eve's Rib Vest) or split cowl (same idea, only instead of seaming the two edges of the collar together, leave it split, choosing to begin the collar in center front, or asymmetrical or wherever). Doable. Fairly straightforward.
Hope this helps.
Esteemed Author! thank you again! I didn't really mean "missing chapter" so much as "hint hint for the next book?!"
On that note, did you see the comments offered on the CrochetByFaye blog in her contest for a copy of your book? There is so much interest for a "techniques" book, which is an aspect of your book that I find so useful.
I think you and I are opposite ends of the body type spectrum! Or maybe two points of the triangle, or.... but like you, I don't like my earrings catching on my lovely stitches! I have been thinking about how to do a shawl collar, but I may go for the ribbing after all. I like the look of the ribbing you show for the short-sleeve top.
Then, when the breezes blow on the back of my neck, it's time for a scarf!
Nice to see how this is progressing for you, Teresa. I had one of those "lightbulb moments" today on how top down raglans work. There I was, in the cinema watching 30 Days of Night and blam, it came to me, lol! Amazon tells me that my Everyday Crochet is *about* to dispatch, so hopefully I'll be able to join in on a few of these, or even start my own CAL.
Yay! Jump right in! Thanks for your note!
One of the reasons I wanted to make sweaters from this book is to understand how they "work" -- and it's working. My second sweater is more than half done and has gone really quickly. I have managed to make a few new mistakes but didn't repeat ALL of the ones that slowed me down on the first one. And I love how the both sweaters fit, and how graceful the drape and shaping are with the use of shells. I'm not really a "lacy" sort of person so I had not thought I'd like using shells, but they make for a wonderful texture.
Love that lightbulb moment! Last winter, I made a baby sweater in the top-down raglan style, very funky, but it was SO INTERESTING to follow the directions kinda blindly, and suddenly see how it would take shape! My brain can't do those 3-D shifts in the abstract; I have to see it happen in my hands. But then, yeah, that lightbulb goes on and it's so cool!
Almost have the body of the sweater done; I'll post another picture in the next day or so.
Teresa,
Welcome to the Cth Dimension! :D
This was progress as of Saturday.
The body is now complete (thanks to a peaceful Sunday ferryboat ride) and I'm about to start the sleeves. Soon. As soon as I finish some of that work that pays for the yarn (and Internet, and heat, and dinner....)!
A visitor to the Cth dimension in foreign garb!
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