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September 30, 2006

Swatches

here is my first swatch for the D&G sweater:

i think i need to be more systematic with how i switch yarns so that when the inside is outside for everyone to see, it looks more even.
i'm using knit picks telemark yarn in dark navy and snow leopard. i like the colors together, but the yarn is kind of thick. i might adjust my chart to make all the super fat lines thinner by a couple of boxes, because otherwise i think the design will be HUGE instead of tiny and complicated. i made th argyle vest with palette from knit picks, which i super liked, but palette doesnt really have the colors i would want, i.e. navy blue. i will give telemark a chance though! worst case scenario.. i will just end up with two sweaters, one for the A team, and one for the B team.

anyways, i think thats enough swatch talk.

Posted by SQ at 2:22 PM | Comments (2)

September 27, 2006

1/4!

maybe everyone can say a little prayer for my orange marker, who was worked to death today.

i'm noticing a few things that might get changed, but other than that, the basic chart is made! it can be flipped horizontally or vertically or both to make everything.

now all i need is my yarn!

Posted by SQ at 5:17 PM | Comments (7)

September 24, 2006

Dolce & Gabbana, Watch Out!

so, pretty much, i'm going to try to become an amazing knock-off creater this semester. i wanted to make a crazy ski sweater with super small yarn because i don't really have homework (life without homeowrk sure is boring!) and it has the potential of being pretty awesome. however, my thoughts of a ski sweater were slightly modified a couple of weeks ago while i was browsing through an issue of details. i was checking out all the knits that the models were wearing, and bam! there it was.

so, at first glace, you might say.. ooh what a crazy complicated design that guy is wearing. but! it gets better. all the fair isle is inside out. inside out! and it looks awesome.

after countless hours of oozing over the sweater and thinking of yarn prospects and kind of being lazy by not printing off any graph paper (hey, free beers can get in the way of productivity), today i started charting my rendition of the sweater. also, knitting graph paper is crazy hard to find!

so far, so good, right? if people are interesting in starting a d&g independent knock-off movement, just give me a heads up, and i'll try to make an official chart once i have the whole thing worked out. however, lets just not get sued by selling sweaters to tourists.
sorry i dont have any knits to show for all this lack of posting trend. i did order navy and light gray yarn for this though, and it should be here by the end fo the week. whoot! until then, i'll just chart my heart out.

Posted by SQ at 1:55 PM | Comments (3)