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By Melissa, February 8, 2010 5:49 pm

While I’m still working on some Top Secret Christmas knitting (don’t judge me), I realized there are a few unclassified projects I’ve been working on these last few months that I haven’t posted about yet.

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By Melissa, November 17, 2009 9:52 pm

I know I haven’t posted about my China socks yet or the cute hat I knit over the last Wedding Weekend Whirlwind trip two weeks ago, but I don’t have pictures of those yet and I am just LOVING how my owls sweater turned out so much that I had to share!

This sweater was designed to be very close fitting, but I purposely fiddled with my gauge and incs/decs to make it a more roomy pullover but still have some shaping.  (Yes, Celeste is still a total camera hog.)

I lucked out by finding the perfect color buttons, but it wasn’t until I sat down to sew them on (all 32!!) that I discovered I liked the backs even more than the fronts. The backs are a bit more subtle, but still catch the light.

Hooray for owls!!

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By Melissa, April 20, 2009 8:28 pm

I finished my first sweater!!

My short sleeved Wicked with no front pocket used just over 2 skeins of Stonehedge Fiber Mill Shepherd’s Wool in Pansy.

I ended up modifying the pattern a lot.  I cast on more for the neckline to get an even repeat of the twisted cables, decreased more over a less amount of rows after the bust increases, increased the hip shaping and added another 2″ the overall length.

It was a great first sweater and I learned a ton.  I’ve since bought The Sweater Workshop by Jacqueline Fee because clearly I’m one of those people who has issues following patterns as written.  Hopefully it will help me learn the best way to make any future mods I might need/want.  Now, what to knit next??