Frontier Dreams: Keep Calm Craft On {crafting on}

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Keep Calm Craft On {crafting on}

The act of creating, in one form or another, preserves my sanity amongst the chaos of life. This explains why I always have more than one project going at a time as well as why my housework tends to fall behind. I enjoy seeing what others are working on and keeping calm with, too. What are you creating? What is keeping you going? Snap a picture and share it with the rest of us by leaving your link below.

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I have finished the bottom half of the body on L's birthday sweater and now I am working on the first sleeve. I am doing broken rib instead of the K2 P2 for the cuff just as I did for the body. Knitting from the bottom up feels so backwards to me, go figure. I just hope it will fit him okay once completed. It seems a bit big around for my tiny peanut so I am added an extra inch or two to the body and sleeve lengths so that he can wear it longer.

I almost didn't have a picture to share with this post. I completely forgot to take one today during the half hour or so of light I get a day in my forest home. Thankfully, I happened to have both my knitting and my camera with me at a meeting so I quickly snapped a picture before I headed home. I have to say, our school library gets beautiful lighting.

Last chance to enter the Little Lamby Knits giveaway found here!

What are you working on? Happy creating!

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Priscilla · 635 weeks ago

It's a beautiful shade of grey! Did you go to a craft meeting in the school?

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FrontierDreams 111p · 635 weeks ago

Thanks! It was actually a chat with K's former kindergarten teacher :)

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Kim · 635 weeks ago

Love the colour.

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sustainablemum · 635 weeks ago

Sorry to link up twice I got the URL wrong first time round feel free to delete if you wish. I love the colour of the jumper you are knitting.

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Kate · 635 weeks ago

What lovely soft colours you are choosing!
I'd like to ask a question if you don't mind, I'm fairly new to knitting and just graduating to knitting actual garments (as opposed to hats/wrist-warmers / scarves etc!) and have been surprised to find that some gorgeous soft yarns (we are all about the softness here!) don't wear brilliantly well and pill and ball after quite little use. I wonder if there is a way of knowing how well a yarn will wear? I think single ply wools are perhaps to be avoided now or is that just me getting it wrong...? Can you comment on your experience on this? (anyone!?) I seem to have found Madelinetosh %100 merino pretty good so far (and their colours are divine) but I live in the Uk and it is very expensive here.
I'm looking at Brambleberry yarns this week as I like her natural dyes... Hmmm

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FrontierDreams 111p · 635 weeks ago

Oh yes!! I started out knitting with malabrigo a lot and grew frustrated with the pilling and the fact that it lost it's shape quickly. I now stay away from the single ply because of that, unless I am felting - it's perfect for that!
Have you tried searching on Ravelry for the madelinetosh yarn? That's where I buy mine. If you go to "stashed" you can see if anyone has any for sale in your area and it's usually pretty cheap. But both my Luna Grey and Brambleberry yarn sweaters are holding up wonderfully after many, meany wears. I hope that helps!!

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Heather · 635 weeks ago

It does seem so backward, but the couple sweaters I have made that way seem to fit quite well.

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michelle · 635 weeks ago

Hey darlin'. :) Just wanted to let you know that you're not alone in your "it feels backward to knit from the bottom up" camp! I'm a top-down seamless devotee (as you know!), and, to be honest, I'm not sure there's a pattern out there that could convince me to knit otherwise at this point! Lovin' that gray!

Shared the giveaway on the blog today. Have a good one!

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sheilanorthcott 6p · 635 weeks ago

the broken rib looks nice! Is it nice and stretchy and good for cuffs? I mean it must be if you are using it but tell me more!

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FrontierDreams 111p · 635 weeks ago

Yes! I fell in love with it after I used it on this pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/FrontierDreams/ca... have since used it on some vests. I fall in love with it all over again each time I use it.

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lavender65 22p · 635 weeks ago

What a delicious color! I am knitting a cardigan with the color grey also... Your space is so inviting and :) Maria

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marigoldsloft 21p · 635 weeks ago

Your knitting is so wonderfully even, beautiful.
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Susan · 635 weeks ago

I really love that color. The simplicity of it is gorgeous

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Andria · 635 weeks ago

I love the color, it is sure to be a fabulous sweater.

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anjig 11p · 635 weeks ago

Sleeves! That means your nearing the end, yay! How do you make sure that your sleeves are exactly the same length. I'm guessing you're not knitting both at the same time, it does't look like that in your pictures.

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FrontierDreams 111p · 635 weeks ago

I'm not knitting them at the same time. I counted rows so hopefully I am okay. *fingers crossed*

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Michelle · 635 weeks ago

The jumper is going to be adorable. Good idea adding some extra length to maximize the amount of time your guy gets to wear it. I'm sure he's going to look adorable in it.

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Maria · 635 weeks ago

I've been loving all the grey/silver knitwear coming out lately. I've never been one for the color, but now I'm wanting to make something for myself! Lovely work! Also...just visited your KCCO Flickr group and I love the idea of the group so it's easier to see the pictures then link over to the blog post - cool! Thanks again!

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Kristen · 635 weeks ago

Looks like a beautiful sweater pattern and I love the grey!

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Jazz · 635 weeks ago

Lovely yarn color!

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