Ahoy!

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It's amazing how quick you can knit with some time on your hands... It was great to have a little, simple project for the Xmas period, which I could knit on while watching telly after a nice meal. So, without much trouble, I finished Sam's stripey sweater I started a few weeks ago, and which, instead of being a Spring sweater, has already been christened by a very happy little sailor boy! (I apologize for the fuzzy and small pictures.. phone-camera and a quick moving child don't go well together...)

Het is verbazingwekkend hoe snel je kunt breien als je even wat tijd hebt... Het was heerlijk om een klein, eenvoudig projectje te hebben voor Kerst, waar ik aan kon breien tijdens het tv-kijken, na een heerlijke maaltijd. Ik heb zonder veel problemen Sams gestreepte trui kunnen afmaken waar ik een paar weken geleden aan was begonnen. En in plaats van een voorjaarstrui is hij direct ingewijd door een zeer blij zeilmanneke! (Mijn excuses voor de vage en kleine foto's... mijn cameratelefoon en een snel bewegend kind zijn geen goeie combi...)

Doing crazy acrobatics on the sofa is his favourite passtime, however much mommy dislikes it...

Lekker gek doen op de bank, tot wanhoop van moeders...


The sweater had a zip, which was included in the kit I got from Marijke (from SnB) (just like that!, and I still have a kit with red yarn, gifted by her too...). First I crocheted a row of sc's for some added sturdiness and then it was easy enough to sow the zip in place.

De trui had een ingezette rits, die bij het pakket zat dat ik van Marijke (van SnB) had gekregen (zomaar gekregen!, en ik heb nog een pakket met rode wol liggen, ook van haar...). Eerst een rij halve vasten gehaakt voor wat meer stevigheid en daarna gewoon met de hand de rits erin gestikt. Het viel eigenlijk best mee!   


The big change from the pattern was how the front pocket was knit. According to the pattern, it was knit separately, but I knit it as a tube. I increased by knitting in the front and back of the required number of stitches, the knitting the normal stitches as the front pocket and the increases as the 'inside' of the tube or the back of the pocket. Then, after decreasing, I knit the stitches together again. A bit fiddly, but definitely easier than sewing this piece together!


De grote afwijking was de voorzak. Volgens het patroon moest die apart worden gebreid, maar ik heb er een etui van gemaakt. Ik heb gemeerderd door elke steek voor en achter te breien, de gewone steek als de voorkant op een naald te zetten en de gemeerderde steek op een andere naald voor de achterkant van de zak. En zo omhoog breien tot de vereiste hoogte, met minderingen en dan weer samenbreien. Het klinkt wat ingewikkeld, maar zeker gemakkelijker dan alles weer vastnaaien!

And then I picked up the stitches for the pocket openings. Easy peasy! So the only thing I had to sew on there, was the red bits. The hood looked a bit large for my liking, but turned out fine. Kids have bigger heads than you think...


En toen heb ik de steken opgepakt voor de zakopening. Heel eenvoudig! Het enige wat ik dus daar moest naaien, was de zijkant van het stukje rood. De capuchon leek wat groot uit te vallen, maar het viel best mee. Kinderen hebben altijd grotere hoofden dan je denkt...



Now on to Lapwing for Hannah, from The Rowan Story Book of Little Knits!

Nu verder met Lapwing voor Hannah, uit The Rowan Story Book of Little Knits!

Comments

Jolanda said…
Welke woeste zeeen hij ook gaat bevaren, hij is er klaar voor!

Mooi!
December 29, 2009 at 4:19 AM
Herma said…
Wat is hij prachtig geworden!!
Hij zal er veel plezier aan beleven zo te zien.
December 29, 2009 at 6:44 AM
MoniqueB. said…
Wat een stoere kleine kerel is hij! "t staat 'm goed!
December 30, 2009 at 1:06 AM
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