OMG! =D

My Batman sweater has been featured on BuzzFeed! That's so awesome!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/swelldesigner/21-projects-fit-for-a-superhero-22zb?sub=3218507_2890302

Too excited right now! I love my Batman sweater so much! Even though people look at me a bit weirdly while I use it out in public...

 

Batman all done

Last blogpost about this, I promise!

Batman is now dry and I've been able to take good pictures of it! Enjoy! This is my own creation and based of a different pattern. Please, do not copy or alter it in any way. Knitted on 3,5mm needles in Silja superwash

The Batman is finished!

Sorry for late blogpost, the sweater has been finished for quite some time allready...I've just been too lazy...

I decided to skip making the hood, though I might do a sweater later on with hood, I do like to challenge myself with new things, but I had to get this one done as soon as possible anyway, and it looked super cool without hood.

I only had the ribbing left today, so it was a quick job. Weaving in ends and sewing up the armholes took just as long time as the neckline ribbing did.
So here's the final result! Also a kinda crappy shot of the back to show off the shortened rows.

I've washed it and now laid it out flat to dry and block at the same time and the fair-isle allready look so much better!

The second top row is supposed to say "Joker" but it's impossible to see it in the mirror so here's a close up the right way.

 And then there's the curse of having a 3/4 white cat... Black projects NEVER stay black...

Look how many fucks he give about shedding all over my sweater...still can't help but to love him though <3

So yes! Batman is now finished! I'll get real pictures of it when it's all dried and stuffz! I just can't wait to be able to wear this thing 24/7!
I am currently back on the rompers for baby CarCar, got just about 5cm (2") left before starting the yoke on it! Can't wait to get it finished and ready! I'm also going to start Pickle's cowl soon enough and after that, Annet's fancy cable slippers! Fun times!

Batman is almost finished!

Oh my god! I'm so close to finish of Batman guys! Just finished the fair-isle around the yoke and will now do shortened rows in the neck and one last decreasing before ribbing and finished!

As I've said earlier, I was thinking about doing a hood for it, but after trying it on now, I decided against it and will just end with ribbing.

I love this yarn for sweaters though! Even though Silja is more a sock type yarn, it is perfect for sweaters like this. It's strong, and thin, yet warm and cozy. It's also light so the sweater doesn't weigh too much when worn. I will most likely make more sweaters with this yarn, and I do want more Marius sweaters...

What do you guys think? It took me about 10 days to make! Still not 100% done so I might count it as 11, but it's dang fast for a sweater if you ask me!

Still no big fan of yellow though...

Almost time for Jackie + Batman updates!

So, I finally got around to getting Jackie washed and layd of for blocking. Been holding it off since the only safe place for laying it out to try flat in this appartment is on top of the drying rack, and I've been really busy with laundry this past week.

Since Jackie was made in 65% wool and 35% alpaca yarn, not superwash threated, getting it washed is a gentle prosess. I always wash any wool items, superwash or not on cold or 30°C handwash in the machine along with soap specially made for silk and wool. If I use a program that's too fast or too warm, the garments will shrink and felt.

One awesome thing about wool garments, expecially cardigans and sweaters is that you can almost mold it into whatever shape or form you want when it's wet. Like Jackier here, by the way I've laid her out here, the cowl neck and the bottom will be super wide when she's dry. And that's the I want her to be. This wouldn't be possible if I didn't wet her first.

While I was going to wash Jackie, I threw in my Marius at the same time. I've been wearing this sweater 24/7 lately and I really love it! So warm and so cozy and yet so stylish! But since Jackie is taking up the whole drying rack and I don't have a second one, Marius here will just have to dry hanging on this chair. I'm not that picky about the shape of this sweater so it doesn't really matter where I put it to dry.

But I really need another Marius sweater or too... They're so classy and stylish... I really hope Silja here will work great as a sweater yarn, it's really good to knit with, but the real test will be when I've tried the Batman sweater on if it holds up or not. If it does, then I'll make myself some crazy and colorfull sweaters cause the yarn is really cheap and good quality!
Speaking of which... I've done quite some work on Batman and the body now is currently measuring just about 40cm (15.7") I'm planning on making the body quite long so I might do another 10cm before I cast off for the armholes.

I've yet to draw up the fair-isle pattern though and I'm still pondering if I should do it raglan or round. There's cos and pros for both parts so I think it'll all come down to how I make the fair-isle look. I've also been tossing around the idea of making a hood on it. Since it's Batman, a hood would be perfect and bring it all together, but I'm not 100% sure how to do this. I've read through a few patterns for hoods and I got an idea, so I guess I'll just have too see if it'll work in real life.

And one more thing. I've been wondering if I should try and make sleeves like these for it. It may crash a bit with the style though... I'm atleast pondering if I should make the ribbing that long, so we'll see if I'm to add or drop the poofyness of the sleeves.

 

Anyways, see yall later! I'm off to do some more mindless knitting on Batman before bedtime!

Progress of the day - 5th feb

Time for another progress blog! Since I didn't print one out yesterday, I'm making it double! Expecially since I can't guarantee I will be making one of these every day from now on. I'm currently working on my Batman sweater, and it takes a while getting some actuall visible progress on it. I am kinda winging the pattern and I'm kinda following the standar pattern for a Marius sweater with round yoke, though I might actually do mine in raglan...depending on how the yoke fair-isle will be, I've yet to decide this.
Anyway! I've made a good bit of progress today, so hopefull this sweater will fly by fast if I keep this up. I'm doing a longer ribbing boarder at the bottom of the body, so I've been working on that all day and I finally got it at 10cm (4").

 

And since I didn't make a update yesterday, here's a picture of the rompers progress! I'm slowly getting there, and yes, the green stripes are getting thicker and thicker.

 

So here's to hoping to get alot of progress done quickly! I'd love to finish up these rompers soon so I can move on to another side project! I've promised Pickle a shawl and Netty a pair of slippers, and I'd hate to dissapoint my friends!