tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854534.post4299126668286934708..comments2023-10-09T05:14:06.925-07:00Comments on Days of Tea and Knitting: The Forever SweaterMelissa Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383450170252545071noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854534.post-84607476018992430682011-03-09T19:40:18.364-08:002011-03-09T19:40:18.364-08:00I am a fairly new knitter, 61, only 6 years or so,...I am a fairly new knitter, 61, only 6 years or so, and NOT a class taker. I broke down and took a class on intarsia and found that a large intarsia item is much much easier to knit than a small one...I knit a sweater, now a UFO (un-finished object), which wasn't that hard BUt I tried a small little coffee cup cover and it was very difficult! Thank goodness it had to be felted and looked much better afterward. So have heart!AnnieMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854534.post-15184916803092843572009-12-28T21:23:55.266-08:002009-12-28T21:23:55.266-08:00I've got a family-inspired sweater on the brai...I've got a family-inspired sweater on the brain too, and it happens to also include scary colorwork.<br />Just about every memory I have of my paternal grandmother has her in a sweater with a traditional Norwegian pattern. She's been gone a couple years now, and I've had this nagging need to knit myself a sweater like that, even though my only experience with colorwork so far has been simple stripes and one horribly puckered intarsia pincushion. Daunting, yes, but as you know this is the kind of need that one just has to fulfill, slowly but surely.Jenhttp://fibrofibers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854534.post-89621263294839708652009-12-27T06:11:47.941-08:002009-12-27T06:11:47.941-08:00It's just beautiful. Congrats on taking this o...It's just beautiful. Congrats on taking this on.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08433800367871444714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854534.post-43546412374416530062009-12-26T18:48:38.047-08:002009-12-26T18:48:38.047-08:00Do it! It's going to be great. And you'll ...Do it! It's going to be great. And you'll think of your dad with every stitch.pdxknitterati/MicheleLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164265671528808629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854534.post-83740047384464838892009-12-26T15:03:12.623-08:002009-12-26T15:03:12.623-08:00Oh, I love that story. Of course you will need to ...Oh, I love that story. Of course you will need to knit it for yourself. In your own colors.<br /><br />My dad was very handy with many things... carpentry, electrical/plumbing, gardening, writing, typing (98 words a minute on a manual Royal). He didn't knit, neither did his very modern "flapper" mother. <br /><br />I did, however, learn to knit from a man. And how funny, because I told a story of my own father yesterday on my blog (he died in 1973). Holidays make us think of loved ones... even more when it's their birthday, huh? Dad's own birthday was Jan. 3.<br /><br />I'm on your team. Rah, Rah for the forever sweater!ColorJoy LynnHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238476918178854398noreply@blogger.com