WIP Brocade sweater - Page 2

dustinac · 11-21-2005, 09:55 AM

Looks wonderful!! I'm hoping the LYS will have an intarsia or fair isle class soon I wanna try but ya know

kemp · 11-21-2005, 02:56 PM

holy crap that is awesome! Anything Kaffe Fassett deserves a round of applause

You always seem to get that really complicated stuff done quickly too! You are truly the golden needles holder.

Silver · 11-21-2005, 03:17 PM

Well I think we can all see who's the queen of colorwork. Ingrid, your sweaters are really an inspiration!!! But I'm still jealous of your St. Moritz. LOL Osterdalen (Dale's 2004 sweater) is my very NEXT project!

VickiIL · 11-21-2005, 03:19 PM

That is amazing! I am constantly blown away by what you can create!

rebecca · 11-21-2005, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by dustinac

Looks wonderful!! I'm hoping the LYS will have an intarsia or fair isle class soon I wanna try but ya know

Me, too! I've requested the same thing @ my LYS

Ellen Edwards · 11-21-2005, 08:50 PM

It's really awesome, Ingrid!! How long HAVE you been knitting, by the way??

Ingrid · 11-21-2005, 09:51 PM

Thank you! I knit my first stitch when I was about 9--in the early Sixties. :rollseyes: I knit periodically, all self-taught, for chunks of time in my teenage years, then again through my pregnant/new mom years.

I didn't really pick it up again until I told my grandson I could knit and he asked me to knit him a sweater. I haven't stopped since. That's been about 3 years I guess.

Carol_OH · 11-21-2005, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by kemp

holy crap that is awesome! Anything Kaffe Fassett deserves a round of applause

You always seem to get that really complicated stuff done quickly too! You are truly the golden needles holder.

*points up* yep, what Kemp said!

Ingrid · 11-21-2005, 09:59 PM

Thank you everyone!

Whatever the end product, it's still one stitch at a time, one row at a time. I think that everything in knitting looks a lot more difficult than it is. Don't wait for lessons--give it a shot. I'm sure there must be at least a few yards of extra yarn laying around your houses somewhere!

And Silver--the hardest part of the St. Moritz sweater was the mile of plain stockette stitch until I got to the patterning. I think I dozed off a few times, but it was a good carry-around project for a while.

punkhippiemom · 11-21-2005, 10:10 PM

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No secrets that I can think of. Determination, too.

LOL - thta's the biggest thing right there.... I can't believe your eyes aren't crossing looking at all those little squares and symbols....
Beautiful as always, I love the design... I bet it's gonna look great on, too!