So....some firsts! My first time using
Hedgehog Fibers (
FB page), first time knitting a fingering weight sweater for Camden and possibly my first time knitting an
Amy Miller pattern!
Basically, I'm saying this sweater is awesome!
Seriously, I WISH y'all could see this sweater in person! It's not my first time using either
Voolenvine Yarn (
FB page) or
Gnome Acres (
FB page), but those are naturally also still glorious. The
Little Honey is glorious and soft - and I would love to steal it for my very own :O The Voolenvine was in the
Nevermore colorway, and I actually used some of the
Violet from my
Bon Bon Bunny Gnome Acres Doppelganger set.
This sweater was NOT a planned knitting project for the new year...yet here we all are. I decided I wanted to take some chances - and throw a wrench into my planning for the winter - by joining the Honey KAL in the
This Old Knit and
Yarngasm Ravelry groups. I figured I HAD to have two skeins of fingering weight yarn that would go well together...and I did! Yay for me! I was doubly excited because I hadn't yet knit with one of my several skeins of Hedgehog Fibres, so, it all worked out well.

I naturally encountered some problems when starting out...why wouldn't I??? I thought I totally had gauge on one needle size, but it turned out, a few good inches in that it was all a LIE and that I was knitting too tightly...which was fine, so, I bumped up what I THOUGHT was a needle size or two - but what was REALLY a size 4. I have no idea how that happened, but I kept questioning why my fabric was so loose, LOL. It turned out there was a reason. Ugh. So, I moved back down a needle size, but then I also remembered that I'd planned on casting on for the size 4/5, rather than the 6/7, because of the positive ease...and apparently, I forgot. So, I knit along on the size 6/7, thinking it'd be way too large...and it actually fits super well - yay once again! She definitely has some room to grow, length-wise, so, I hope it continues to fit well in the shoulders when it fits better in length. My project page is
here.
I was worried, too, that I'd run out of yarn, which is why I used the Gnome Acres in the collar and cuffs. I partly did the cuffs, too, when I realized it'd look cooler if I knit them in purple...as it turned out I had enough yarn, after all, between the other two skeins.
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Awww, she came in at the camera, and I liked the result, LOL |
The pattern is well-written and simple, though I do wish it had short row shaping at the neck. I clearly could have tried to work that in, but eh....effort. You can see I totally skipped out on knitting the pockets, because I knew they wouldn't be used, per se, and I didn't want any heavy things inside the pockets, weighing the sweater down. And, well...yarn worries, aha!
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A pose she needed to do, apparently ;) |
Anyway, snafus aside, it's lovely, and I'm glad I'm DONE. I put pressure on myself to knit this semi-quickly, and my hands are broken souls. Camden loves, it, though, which is awesome!
And....days in the life.....
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As a homeschooling mom, I have NO idea what I'm doing |
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Their little role-playing people |
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I spend $6 at Joann Fabrics for quickie activities! |
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Mad skillzzz with Valentines! |
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This kid NEEDED a cut! |
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Adding embroidery to his sword jacket |