Monday, March 30, 2009

Charity work

Earlier this month I knit these for Citizen Sam (they recently took over Operation Helmetliner), and finally got around to weaving in the ends and taking pictures this week. I have a bad habit of finishing projects quickly, then letting them languish about for weeks (or months, in some cases) with just a stray yarn end or half a bind-off to do. Too bad procrastination isn't a marketable skill-- I could be rich. Rich, I tell you!
The beanie is Ellen's Hat from The Ships Project (Ravelry link), and the neck gator (although I think it ought to be spelled "gaiter") is from the Citizen Sam website. (No Rav pattern link for this one that I could find. I'm also too lazy to bother adding it to their database.)


BTW, on the gaiter/gator I used a sewn cast off that I read about in Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac, and I really like the effect. It's nice and stretchy, and at the same time is a little less bulky than my standard bind off. That EZ sure was one smart cookie.

3 comments:

  1. Love reading your blogs. I've not been keeping up with them. Congrats on the knitting, bushes, getting rid of TV stuff, etc. I wish I had been as productive in the past couple of weeks. Love ya. KDF

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  2. I love sewn bind offs. I also like to add facings and collars with a sewing technique. I found that one in The Big Book of Finishing by K. Buss. It replicates the look of a RTW garment. Is that perplexing? I want my hand knit garments to look like mass produced items.

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  3. I've actually never tried the sewn bindoff. Maybe it's about time.

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