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Tying up some loose ends

Thought I should finally post some shots of the finished Urban Aran and Oregon Vest.

So, without further ado, here is the former, front,

Urban Aran front

and back.

Urban Aran back

And the latter:

Oregon Vest

If I would change anything about the Urban Aran, I might take and inch of length off the sleeves. In fact, I might still do that. I don’t think it would be too hard. If I decide to give it a shot, I’ll let your know.
I wouldn’t change a thing about the vest. It’s really great. In fact, I would knit a whole bunch of these in different colors and wear them all the time. Super toasty in the heavy worsted/chunky Romney three ply. This is the first Oat Couture garment I’ve knit ( I don’t work from patterns much), but based on how it turned out, I might try another.

I have to admit,, I did make a few small modifications to the pattern. A little bit of waist shaping so it wouldn’t be so boxy, and some short rows to slope the shoulders a smidge. I think that they do help to fine tune the fit.

In other news,, the experimental sweater coat progresses, but is not yet at the exciting stage where the sleeves take off from the body,, so you’ll have to wait ’til next week for photos!

Denise out.

Experimental Knitting

Remember this scarf?

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It was a lovely scarf.

But I couldn’t help but think that it wanted to be something more.

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So here it is, becoming more. A raglan open-front sweater coat.

At least, that is the general plan. I really like the idea of having the cable panel as a collar.

Here’s the layout:

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A closer look at the shoulder and back increases:

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The only difference between this and a regular top-down raglan is that on the front shoulder raglan seam you only increase on the shoulder side. On the front side you decrease. Tricky, eh?

And the fronts are going to end up knit side-to-side, where the back is top-to-bottom. So it might be kind of interesting sewing the side seams. But I’ll figure that out when I get there.

In other news, I have successfully installed a zipper in the Oregon Vest. Still have a bit of other finishing to do, and then it will be ready for a photo shoot!

And fresh off the wheel-

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This is the white spot (and some surrounding intermediate coloration) off Mariah from Little Country Acres. Pretty, pretty, pretty.

Denise out.

Scenes from a November weekend

It was good weekend.

Here are some of the highlights:

More Border Leicester, this time navajo plied:

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Finding ways to use and keep apples:

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Leg of lamb:

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Parsnips from the garden:

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Having finished the knitting of the Oregon vest, I’m now officially “between projects” again.

Ugh.

Better get something going, or it’ll be a mighty long week.

Sheep to Swatch

Introducing the latest addition to my fiber stash:

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Closer:

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I’m always anxious to see how a new fleece is going to spin up, so I just grabbed a couple handfuls and gave it a go-

Flicked out:

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To be spun in the grease, from the fold:

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Plied (but still greasy):

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Then to the bath (which is this case is an old peanut butter jar)!

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All washed up:

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And on the needles:

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Ta Da!

I love swatching.