The Sonata Saga
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Pattern: JOVEN
Technique: Sweater- Stockinette Stitch on Ultimate Sweater Machine, Key Plate 1.0; Collar, Ribbing, Button Bands hand knit with US 3 metal straights and US 4 circular needles (for sleeve cuffs)
Hat and Booties- Stockinette Stitch on Ultimate Sweater Machine, Key Plate 1.0; Ribbing hand knit with 3.25mm, 12 inch circular needle
Yarn: Sonata from Elann.com in 7099 Inca Gold, 5398 Cedar, 3085 Pink Pearl, 3611 Ruby and 2355 Tapestry Blue.
Completed: January 2007
It began with a bagel and a deluded sense that somehow, the fact that I had major issues with another cotton sweater would have no bearing on my ability to make a 100% cotton, raglan cardigan quickly and professionally (I even bought ribbon to line the button bands).
And now, thankfully it’s over (without the ribbon because, I have no sewing machine- hence the delusion). A tremendous amount of brain wracking and hand wringing went into the finshing of this sweater. The mattress stitch was off so I kept having to re-do the side seams. I finally figured out where my mistake lay with knitting help.com- apparently I was picking up the bars from the wrong section of the knit. (You need to select the same bar on each side). After that I had to rip out the garter stitch sleeve cuffs that seemed too tight and knit a kp2, p2 ribbing. Finally I attached the buttons and reinforced the button holes by hand with a needle and thread. Of course, there were also the frey check treatments witch took about 3 hours.
Again, I’ve noted how splitty this other yarn is. This one is really bad. The plies just unwind after ripping back the knitting a couple of times. I do love the colors though.
Despite all of the difficulties, I really came away with some useful information to be used in future designs. For instance, selvedges and I look like we could be best friends one day soon. The customer seemed to really like the set, exclaiming how the gift was just right for the recipients.
January 25th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
[...] I’ve been crocheting as I work on the 2 Baby Hats which were ordered back in September. Luckily my cousin had ordered them and knew the trials and tribulations of the Sonata Project so it’s not a big deal that I’m finishing them now. One of them is finished and the other one has about 85% to go. [...]