My First Sweater

Well, jacket.

Since blogging about granny squares and this, my first wearable garment worked from a pattern, I had been searching my closet for my G2 Jacket. The disaster that befell my closet in '06 has been improved upon since this post, but the hanging rod is still bust and it is a scary place to visit. I installed 2 bookshelves along one wall and have been making due with two standing hanging racks, but these are jimmy rigged and can't take much weight. I need to go to CanTire or something and invest in a closet system but it's all quite daunting. Any advice?
I made this out of acrylic-Bernat Super Saver, I think. I remember that I couldn't find a blue that matched the original well enough for my unforgiving teenaged eye for detail, so I used left over yarn from one of Granny's afghans (making it period accurate, no less)
I think this jacket is worth remaking in Cascade 220, but really, I can't imagine finishing it. I can't quite believe that I ever did, let alone at 17.
I was alone, on the edge of it (Seventeen), and apparently crocheting my heart out. It must of drowned me!

Lindsey Buckingham Crochet Model?

"Modular Crochet- A Revolutionary New Method for Creating Custom-Design Pullovers" (1978)by Judith Copeland is an amazing read. If you ever get your hands on it don't let go. It mainly contains ladies pullovers and tops and is beautifuly photographed in turn of the '80s period style.

Wow, YouTube has changed. I didn't know I wouldn't be able to find Buckingham's first music video (though 'Bwana' on SNL would be better). At least I know how to sing "Trouble" in Spanish now.
Lindsey photos from my personal stock.



By the way, I know that the man in the sweaters is not really Lindsey Buckingham. I just think it's funny. Please lets not have another Elsie Tanner/Pat Pheonix/Glove Model debacle.

A Question for you Sock Knitters...

These cardigans from a 1940s pattern book use the heel of a standard sock pattern to shape the top of their sleeves.
What a modern idea! It seems to achieve one of vintage knitting's most enigmatic hallmarks in a fairly straight forward manner.
The peaked puff of 30s-40s jumpers is something I have trouble with. That peak, or angle is what makes the generous sleeve head different than the girly puff ball puff sleeves of the 1950s.
I struggled with the setting of a ribbed 40s sleeve when I finished my 'Deco Sweater' some months ago (I haven't taken a nice enough photo to post it yet.) It was hard to make uniform pleats in the sleeve head and to make the puff architectural looking. Then to do it again on the other sleeve?

I'm not a sock knitter, but it's not out of a fear of turning the heel, so I think I could manage this technique. (Truly, I don't knit socks because I don't like wearing socks. Stockings are a different matter...)
My question for sock enthusiasts is if there is a particular heel that would make a pronounced peak? One that would really protrude out from the shoulder (or ankle).

Ecky Thump! Was Elsie Tanner a Knitwear Model?

The following photo is taken from an English Knitting Book circa 1945.
It illustrates a pattern for a beaded scarf.
Coronation Street fans and Tony Blair, I ask you...



Is this a photo of Pat Phoenix?
Ms Phoenix portrayed the glamorous Elsie Tanner for over 20 years. She wore a similar hat to this one when she married Alan Howard (when their characters were wed- I don't know about their offscreen do), and also to Emily and Ernest Bishop's wedding. Correct me if I'm wrong.


I would knit anything that might give me an ounce of Elsienish.

I have been thinking about

The flowers in the opening of In The Night Garden

Poirot

Oleana Sweaters

Naked Brothers Band

Louis Wain

The Evolution of the Stevie Shawl
TV Cluedo

Eleanor of Aquitaine
Roger Miller

Hyberbolic Space

Princess Lamballe

Tambouring

...but mostly-how to get to Casino Rama (north of Toronto)to see Stevie Nicks in June, and to Brooklyn to see The Dinner Party. (Two different road trips). Lord only knows what I wouldn't do...

Be My Valentine?

please, I am not the first, nor will I be the last,

but if anyone knows of a way to obtain either of these books I would be in your debt. Money/currency and postage are not (much of )an issue. I recently had a hard time/mix-up, ordering Poetry in Stitches from Amazon's Marketplace. I know the kits are still available, but I'm really keen on the books, so any tips, ideas, bon mots, or even rumours are welcome!
I'd be your Valentine? (I wish Solveig Hisdal were mine. Or the nice fellow in that Lacoste Essential commercial, of course.)

Soundtrack: "Buttons", Sia

Help, help, help! My corset cover is miles too big! Have I any choice but to start over?


A spanish guitar and house hippo lend support for scale.

Edit: Ta, all. It's Lucy's Celestial Sugar Maple so I reeealy don't want to steek it. It's an especialy weirdo dye lot (which is why I bought it). I think I will rip it out. gah. ps trying to make it to loop group tonite.xoxo