Birth of a cardigan - De geboorte van een vest

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This Summer has been mostly spent working on 'Pumpkin Ale' by Ysolda Teague, or 'Guinness Froth', as the cardi was soon re-baptized. It has been quite a project! From sorting the yarn, to washing and carding, spinning and knitting, and then inserting sewn pockets (wah), it all took just over 4 months. And yes, it was fun, although I did have quite a few 'This is never gonna get done' moments! Especially at the start of the knitting, there was a lot of doubt... Is this going to be soft enough? Is my gauge not horrifically off? How am I going to adjust the pattern to this yarn? In the end, all was well...

Deze zomer heb ik vooral gewerkt aan 'Pumpkin Ale' van Ysolda Teague, of 'Guinness Froth', zoals het vest al snel werd gedoopt. Het was echt een groot project! Van het sorteren van de wol tot wassen, kaarden, spinnen en breien, oh, en dan de zakken er nog in (ah), duurde het net iets meer dan vier maanden. En ja, het was leuk! Hoewel ik wel een paar 'Dit vest komt noooooooit af'-momenten heb gehad, hoor! Vooral toen ik net was begonnen met breien sloeg de twijfel toe... Is dit wel zacht genoeg? Zit mijn steekverhouding er niet volledig naast? Hoe pas ik het patroon aan aan het garen? Uiteindelijk kwam alles goed... 

April 14, a full bag of fleece in da house! - De zak met wol





June 26, finally all the wool spun up! Washed and drying outside... - Klaar met spinnen, tijd voor wassen en drogen.

July 4, casting on (for the first time) - Beginnen met breien


Knitting on holiday: casting on the sides  - Vakantie: tijd voor de zijpanden

 July 28: sleeve time! - En de mouwen!

 August 10: the knitting is done! - Klaar met breien!

 August 18: sewing some pockets... - Tijd om er wat zakken in te zetten.



And done!!! - En klaar!

Comments

MoniqueB. said…
Werkelijk geweldig! Helemaal vanaf het begin gemaakt. Petje af voor al je geduld en inzet.
Lekker warm en een mooi model.
Handig met de zakjes.
August 20, 2014 at 5:00 PM
Het Wolbeest said…
Zeker een enorm project. Ik vind het prachtig geworden; het staat je goed! Groetjes, Alexandra.
August 20, 2014 at 8:26 PM
lilirious said…
WAUW!! heel mooi! <3
August 20, 2014 at 9:07 PM
Marbada said…
Mooi vest geworden hoor!! wat voor vachtje heb je gebruikt?
Mooie foto's ook trouwens, love it!!
August 21, 2014 at 10:25 AM
Amarins said…
Wauw een heel proces maar wat is het mooi geworden zeg!
Groetjes, Amarins
August 21, 2014 at 9:43 PM
Anonymous said…
prachtig geworden! snel gedaan voor zo'n groot project.
groetjes, marijke
August 26, 2014 at 3:52 PM
Anonymous said…
Prachtig geworden, wat een klus ook!
groetjes Giny
August 29, 2014 at 6:57 PM
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