It’s the calm before the storm around here! I’m gearing up to launch Holla Knits on the 16th, so I’ve got all the samples knit up and am just putting on finishing touches, ironing, and sitting on the computer a TON, scheduling a blog tour, writing a TON of blog posts and write ups in preparation for launch day. Break time has been Delancey Cardigan knitting!
Delancey Blocking Away!
As you can see I’ve been making a lot of time for breaks! I’ve got the bottom band and entire collar finished up. My Delancey is blocking and looking super sexy, if I do say so myself.
And the Back is Looking Hot, Too!
I slid it on while it was still pretty wet because I couldn’t help myself, and I think it is going to be the perfect size! The colors look fantastic, and I can’t wait to dig out some buttons and finish this sweater up.
DRY ALREADY!
See what I did to the bottom band? I jazzed it up a little by adding a stripe of contrasting color. Why not?!
Buttons soon, and then I’ll be showing off this hot sweater FO soon!
I can’t believe it! After over two months of working on our Delancey Cardigans, our knit along is almost over. This week we are tackling both the lower border, button band AND collars of our sweaters. Sound like a lot? It kind of is! But you’ve got two weeks to finish your sweater completely in order to qualify for our knit along giveaway, so we should be calling this SOL KAL Weeks 8-9.
Joyatee's Delancey
What? You didn’t know there was a giveaway associated with this knit along? Well there is! Email me a picture or post a picture on our Delancey Cardigan FO forum page before Sunday April 15th for a chance to win a pattern of your choice from Alexis Winslow! Fun right? A little added motivation to weave in all those ends never hurts!
Gwen's Delancey
So this week we are picking up a ton of stitches! Around the bottom of your sweater for the lower edge, then picking up stitches all around the front and neck edge for the collar and button band. Practice makes perfect!
Courtney's Delancey
This Week’s Delancey Cardigan Goal: Finish your sweater! This includes the lower edge, the collar, and the button band. Then you’ll weave in all those ends, add buttons, and block to get a perfect fit. A LOT? Yes. But remember! You’ve got until April 15th, another whole week, to get all this finished. So don’t panic! You can do it. It’s all garter stitch anyway, right? Easy peasy!
My Mom's Delancey
Email me questions or ask them on the forum! And be sure to email me your FO sweater or post it on our FO forum page to enter to win a pattern from Alexis Winslow!
Happy knitting!
Sleeves are always a little painful. That whole knitting two of the same thing thing is always hard. Second sleeve syndrome is real! I think everyone participating in this KAL has been feeling it this week.
Sleeves FINISHED!
I’m very happy to say that my sleeves are finished and looking awesome! It was a lot of sleeve, but now that it’s all over I’m really happy with the way they came out and, naturally, can’t remember how painful they were! It’s pretty important to have short term memory loss as a knitter.
SO MUCH SLEEVE
But it’s a little bitter sweet because we are nearing the end of our KAL! This sweater being super cute is getting me through, though. So close, y’all!
After two weeks of sleeve knitting you are an old pro, right? And I bet you can guess what we are doing this week. That is right! Finishing the final sleeve of out almost totally finished Delancey Cardigan! I know sleeve knitting has slowed because it’s a little mind numbing, but we are in the final stretch! Put on a movie you love and push through!
Lily's Delancey
This Week’s Delancey Cardigan Goal: Finish your second sleeve. Yeah, it’s a little painful, but you can see that the end is near! And next week we get to do something completely different. There is a silver lining!
Nola's Delancey
Email me questions or ask them on the forum! And be sure to share sleeve progress pics!
Courtney's Delancey
Happy knitting!
My Mom's Delancey
Laura's Delancey
So I finished up this week’s Delancey Cardigan knit along assignment and just as I was setting up to shoot it I encountered an obstacle.
Fat Cat
In the form of my gigantic cat Pudge Rodriguez. It would be rude to move her (since, you know, she doesn’t sleep 22 hours a day or anything) so I just kind of worked around her.
One sleeve finished, and the second sleeve started! Pudge obviously approves.
Second Sleeve Start! ... and Pudge
The short rows for the second sleeve went a lot faster than the first. I might attribute that to Rob Lowe. I just started watching Brothers & Sisters, and despite it being a pretty boring show about a bunch of rich white people, Rob Lowe is SUPER HOT in it, and everything is a little easier when you are watching him being sexy and adorable.
I digress. Wait, I DO NOT DIGRESS!
