Tag: sode sweater

2 Year Update

by Tracy, posted in knitting

It’s been almost two years since I’ve updated this and that is quite a lot of knitting. I tried my hand at YouTube and gave up. If you want to see my sad attempts, the videos are still up. I tried my hand at TikTok. Shockingly, everyone doesn’t love my niche imperfect hobby as much as I do. That’s ok. That’s probably why I don’t keep up with the blog. People aren’t that into it and I’m so enthusiastic that what I expect everyone to love – isn’t. Facebook and Instagram are the same. That’s ok.

That’s ok.

It’s ok, because I still love what I do. I knit. I reflect. I improve. Mostly. Sometimes it feels like two steps forward and one step back.

What have I done in nearly 2 years?

The Sode sweater is sitting on my chair behind me and it’s the most intricate knit I’ve made. It doesn’t sit perfectly on my shoulders because I didn’t do the required short rows but I use a clip to keep it closed in the front when I’m walking or doing anything that requires movement. It’s warm and lovely.

I knit and finished the Tee No 1 using Knit Picks Gloss lace. 2 strands were held together.

I completed two intricate cross stitch projects. Both were of friend’s babies or friend’s relatives babies so I won’t share here but I did use DMC stitch your photo. That took a few months.

Then I got into socks. Lots and lots of socks. I knit two at a time toe up socks, one after another.

I knit on vacation. I knit on paddle boards. I knit at work. I knit stuck in traffic.

I made a bunch of fingerless gloves. My kid managed to put a whole in one so I’ll be fixing that tonight.

I knit a test shawl. It’s my first test knit but I knit in protest too.

Sode- Progress Week 2

by Tracy, posted in Uncategorized

I don’t have much to say this week. The Side cardigan has been a challenge to say the least. I restarted it four times but I’m in a good place right now. Currently, I’m worried about when I have to switch to dividing the arms. Here are a few pictures and videos below.

Sode Sweater Struggles

by Tracy, posted in knitting, stitch

As the title says, I’m struggling with the Sode sweater. It’s a cabled cardigan that you have to use several charts in the same row. The pattern does state that it is recommended for advanced knitters and now I’m guessing I am not an advanced knitter after all. I’m ok with intermediate. Maybe I should stick to intermediate. I’m not giving up. Yet. I need to be in the right mind space and right now my head is going in a million different directions at once. The rows I did knit were done with the help of the tutorials included with the pattern. You can find them here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8WChKL24mQ

The good thing is said direction is cleaning and organizing my house. Trust me, I do not do enough of that. Every year I do Dry January. Basically, I cut out alcohol for a whole month after over doing it between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. This year I’m hyperfocusing on tea. I’ve taken our junk cabinet and turned into into my coffee/tea hutch. Take a look!

I’m still working on two other projects in addition to the Sode. First is my cross stitch. I’m 80% done. The second is a simple shawl which I’ll write up another recipe for. I don’t feel comfortable calling it a pattern because it is loosely created based on common knowledge. I want to create videos that help people knit it from start to finish. It’s just a simple triangle shawl with bilateral increases in every other row. That’s all. It’s spun from home spun and gold thread so I wanted to use the yarn for something simple that will show off the colors. I think this works.

Here is my latest update.