the blue blog archives: minimono

Started the green baby sweater while watching the Oscars and managed to finish the back. I'm using the koko kimono pattern from Jil Eaton's Minnies. The patterns in there are so cute! I'd love to make the cabled overalls for my boys, but I think they're too old to wear adorably silly pants like that. In fact, they have officially started to take notice of the clothes they have on. One day, I pointed out that their shirts had trucks on them and they pointed at them all day long, especially while they were playing with their toy trucks. Sometimes when we see a truck on the street now, they'll take a little peek at their shirts to see if they're wearing the same ones!

And for those of you keeping score at home, here's the chenille swatch after another wash in hot and a trip through the dryer. Still the same size, but a little smooshed and crumpled. I don't think I'd purposely machine dry this yarn, but it's nice to know that just in case, it shouldn't fall completely apart.

posted by alison at 7:06 am | in minimono & co.

Comments

Thanks for doing the cotton chenille-washing experiment, I've learned something...is the swatch biasing, or is that just my monitor's odd showing of the picture?

Posted by: claudia at March 25, 2003 8:18 AM

That sweater is going to be gorgeous Alison. It looks like you'll be finished with it before you know it. I'm glad the swatch survived the wash and dry test - now you can give the gift with the knowledge that it will be easy to look after!

Posted by: kerrie at March 25, 2003 8:58 AM

Hi Claudia! I'm not familiar with the term biasing, but that sounds like a good description of what happened after machine drying. I'm not sure if the swatch was just scrunched up kinda diagonally in something else through the washing and drying or if it's doing that on it's own. Is biasing something that often happens with knits?

Posted by: alison at March 25, 2003 9:04 AM

Hi Alison,

I came across your site by accident. This knitting blog idea is a fascinating concept for knitters to communicate. I'm not sure if you can help me, but I saw the Phildar sweater you made for your son. It's so adorable. Can you tell me where I can get Phildar books in English? Thanks.

Posted by: Dorothy at March 25, 2003 2:39 PM