Cardigan News and GAD 132

Cardigan News

This is the stage that I blogged up to yesterday and I voiced my concerns about the length that this sleeve would turn out if I followed the pattern to the written word.

My guestimate is that it would end up a good 5 inches longer than my arm!

I know that I have followed the right size i.e. to fit my body as 

(A) I measured me

(B) I measured another cardigan that I thought would be of a similar fit 

and

(C) I tried the body of the cardigan on and it's fine

So after sleeping on it I decided to do this:

I put on a cardigan this morning and once I was happy with the sleeve length, I took it of and measured it and then measured it against the work in progress.

As you can see from the photo above the WIP sleeve measures approx 16 inches and not the 19 and 3/4 inches that the pattern recommends.

I then added the top shaping but I followed the smaller size for rows, so only adding 2 repeats and not 3 of the stated rows.

I then decided to soldier on and see how the sleeve fitted to the body, so making sure that I had the right side facing me, I attached one to the other with stitch markers

*Perfect Fit*

It was going to work! Hooray

So I got my needle out and started to join

(The body is to the left and the sleeve to the right of the photo above)

Ta Dah!

Please note that there is edging to add so what you see above is not the "finished" article

I was right to query the pattern and I have made notes of my adjustments so that I can make the same sleeve for the right arm

I am really liking this cardigan so far and I know that I will get a lot of wear out of it!

I am so pleased that I have done this in advance of my Cardigan A Long pupil arriving next Wednesday!

My only problem now, is that I am likely to run out of yarn very soon as I am waiting for it to arrive at the wool shop!

Next is Granny A Day 132

Here it is in full "orange"

I decided to go for a change and made Sunshine Lace which is Square 64 from the book

200 Crochet Blocks for blankets throws and afghans by Jan Eaton 

And here are all 132 squares

My blanket is now 11 squares by 12

And I just about managed to get them all in the photo!

GAD 124 - Pupils Masterpiece - Socks & WIP's

I am going to start today's blog post with some pictures of one of my Student's Crochet Creations

First is this fantastic scarf - isn't it gorgeous?

Then she's made the adorable Tea Cosy

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Which will really keep your tea warm as it's made of Aran Weight Yarn!

Today she came to see me, as she was a bit stumped as to how to join

Bamboo handles to this lovely bag that she's made for a friend.

I showed her how to DC around the handle, so we completed one together in class and she took the other one home to do, so more pictures later

Cardigan A Long is progressing

As you can see, the main body of the cardigan is now complete

And I made a start on one of the long sleeves today

I then decided to go the hairdressers this afternoon.  Now I am not digressing here as next door to this particular hairdressers is a Wool Shop, so it would have been rude not to go inside and have a nosey around.

I ended up buying some Sock Wool - 100g of Wendy Happy Bamboo 4ply

So when I got home, I made a start on my first attempt at crocheting a sock from the toe upwards.

The pattern is written in US terms so I am having to translate it along the way

and this is how far I have got so far.

I am baby sitting for a friend tonight so I will continue to follow the pattern then.

Now for GAD 124

As you can see it's a plain Burgundy colour.  I haven't made a plain granny for a while, so as I am so busy with crochet projects at the moment, it seemed like the perfect time to make one!

Now back to the bag

My pupil sent me an email of her finished bag

And look how neat that is!

Wonderful - I am so proud of her work.

Well done YOU (you know who you are!!)