December 02, 2006

Stranded naughty bum knitting

A Little Bit FO! This sweater took all of 7 minutes to knit. Okay, maybe not 7 minutes but no more than 7 days of non-straight, non-stressed, non-monogamous knitting. It was fast! It also held a few firsts for me -- first EZ's percentage sweater, first yoke sweater, first stranded sweater, and first hemmed sweater. Damn EZ is bad-ass! I can't wait to do lots more of these!

Particulars --
yarn -- handspun 300 yards
needles -- US#11s
pattern -- based on Elizabeth Zimmerman's EZ percentage system, knit all in one piece, circular yoke with stranded color work, and hem.

Also, there's the hat. The hat is my first ever stranded color work. This is what I learned on. This hat marks me teaching myself to knit with both hands at the same time, each carrying a color. Yep, I'm now that badass!

Well, I'm that badass if you don't know how to do this, when I didn't know how I thought it was the baddest-assest thing ever, now that I know, I realize it only makes me slightly badass, maybe a naughty-bum knitter. Yep, that's me, the naughty-bum knitter.

Posted by jacey at December 2, 2006 07:24 PM
Comments

Brilliant. Love them both.

You're so lucky to have such a cheerful and willing model!

Posted by: jodi at December 2, 2006 09:46 PM

That rocks!

And have you had that baby yet!?!?

Posted by: scout at December 2, 2006 11:40 PM

Wow. I can call you "naughty-bum" if you'd like... but I'm still at the point where this is WAY bad-ass. Nice work!!! :-)

Posted by: Marti at December 3, 2006 09:12 AM

LOL You crack me up!!! Both FO's are fabu... I think it's totally bad-ass to knit stranded with both hands... I can't do it... I can strand, but I use one hand and drop the color's I'm not using...takes forever.
Hope to see you today!
Heather

Posted by: Heather at December 3, 2006 09:27 AM

Gotta love the Percentage method:-) I'm nearing the end of my fist sweater knitted that way too - however as it is for a 42" bust it's taking a little longer than yours :-)

Posted by: Janine at December 3, 2006 10:00 AM

If you're only naughty-bum, what does that make me? Boring buttcheek? Inconsequential seat?

Posted by: Susan at December 3, 2006 09:03 PM

Looks like a Lopi style sweater from Iceland. Is it the same method? I used to crank those out about 1 a month when my teen was a child. They look fancy but take very little time.

Posted by: tod at December 3, 2006 11:37 PM

Wow, the sweater is gorgeous !! I soo want to grab one of EZ's books someday !

Posted by: sylvie at December 5, 2006 03:42 AM

Hi there! I was googling hip knittters when i came across your site! Your designs rock and I love the monster hats! I'm very interested in learning how to knit and making my own funky stuff, do you have any recommendations as far as good how to books?

Posted by: gizmo at December 10, 2006 04:41 PM