tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929014968347584365.post6681799552609019403..comments2022-04-05T14:35:47.506-05:00Comments on O'Casey: Knitting Thoughts and Deeeeeds: WHERE ARE MY SLEEVES?!O'Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127062918768416082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929014968347584365.post-54529077295635287092012-11-24T09:20:44.730-05:002012-11-24T09:20:44.730-05:00Олечка, у тебя очень симпатичный кот! И очень симп...Олечка, у тебя очень симпатичный кот! И очень симпатичный муж. :)<br />И сразу видно что ты его очень сильно любишь: перевязать 3 паунда черных ниток - это настоящий героизм! Классный дезайн - с молниями так прикольно!HoleyFiberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708035057361881698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929014968347584365.post-7312398831167181842012-11-15T15:55:08.174-05:002012-11-15T15:55:08.174-05:00Snjezana, your comments are always not only pleasa...<b>Snjezana</b>, your comments are always not only pleasant and sweet - but also constructive. And I’m admiring your designs and wish you lots of inspiration and also TIME to be able to implement all your smart and beautiful ideas!<br /><br />About absence of shoulder seams: I read somewhere that long-long time ago, when Irish sweaters were still knitted by men, not women… they were assembled from long strips without shoulder seems! Now we make them totally different: we change stitch patterns across the sweater, we make set-in sleeves, we add some other sewing techniques… but back then they just would make long homogenous rectangular strips (much faster to knit!), including the ones for the sleeves, then combined them according to their believes or rules, and even wouldn’t add ribbing! So, I’m experimenting with this First: I don’t make the sleeves heavy, rather light-weight, no cables. Second: I choose springy wool, well twisted. When the yarn is a little “droopy” – I choose twisted-twisted voluminous stitch pattern for the areas that are close to the arm openings (like for “Auburn Blues”), and it makes the fabric more elastic so that it holds its shape better. And according to my experience, it works. <br />Resilience: you are completely right, pure alpaca is not resilient. That is why all my alpaca sweaters are sleeveless except for the one – “Yellow Submarine”: that sweater is different – it has relatively narrow shoulders and set-in sleeves. But even though I made the sleeves very light, simple, almost without any decorations, - they still stretch the shoulders apart, and as you see, the sweater doesn’t look like classy “set-in”, but rather relaxed. After that I decided not to mix contemporary schematics, old technics and less that very springy yarns that definitely haven’t been used for those techniques :-) But it was worth to try, and the recipient likes the result :-)O'Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10127062918768416082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929014968347584365.post-27582921995801824492012-11-14T05:53:55.255-05:002012-11-14T05:53:55.255-05:00Another very interesting pattern. I'm always f...Another very interesting pattern. I'm always fascinated of your detailed work and your knitting process, which you describe so precisely. Very good idea for zipper on hoody. Your approach how to sew it on is very useful, too. I consider to create my next design with zipped fronts. But I rather tend to integrate sewing the zipp into a double knitted seam technique. <br />You often created designs without seams on shoulders. What is your experience with resilience of alpaca yarns? Do sweaters overstretch without seams on the top of shoulders? <br /><br />P.S. Your fury labour inspector is so cute. :-)<br />Have a nice autumn and happy knitting!<br />SnjezanaHandstrick Flairhttp://handstrick-flair.blogspot.co.atnoreply@blogger.com