Knitting project!

[melannen]

I finished knitting my first sweater! It's a lopapeysa (= sweater knitted out of loosely-spun unplied Icelandic wool, usually knitted bottom-up in the round with a circular yoke and patterned stranded colorwork.)

Here are pictures of my beautiful models!





(Sorry about the photo quality, I promised them they would only ever have to wear it long enough for one good picture each and then my camera's phone app kept freezing and I felt guilty.)

Comments

[lilysea]

Serious question:

are the cat jumpers for style, or because the cats get cold?

Or are you knitting them for
- prematurely born kittens
- Sphinx cats
- sick cats?

[melannen]

It is for:

-taking pictures of angry cats for the internet
-because I wanted to try a lopapeysa without committing to the yarn and time for a people one.

I could have done a baby/doll one instead but I liked the "small dog sweater" pattern in the book. And then there would not have been sad cat pictures. (I also would probably not use lopi yarn fur a gift baby sweater because baby clothes need to be easy to wash.)

(The older cat - first pic - does get cold a lot and will actually let you wrap her in scarves, but I think it binds too much around her arms for me to make her wear it; if I do her one to wear with the leftover yarn it will be sleeveless)

[cathexys]

OMG I'm not a clothes on animals person, but these sweaters and your cats are the cutest thing ever!!!

Also congrats n the knitting!!!!

[melannen]

I am only a clothes on animals person in the sense that I like disgruntling cats. :P But they are fast to make since they're so small! I have made them horrible hats too (for example)

[umadoshi]

SWEATER ON KITTIES. ^_^ (Poor kitties.)

[melannen]

They are the most mistreated kitties in the world, just ask them!

[fuckyeahseb]

I enjoyed the pictures! So, thank you for sharing them.

Did you enjoy knitting the sweater? Is it something you would knit again and in a larger size?

[melannen]

IDK! I made a deal with myself that if I finished the cat sweater, I could buy enough yarn for one sized for me. The colorwork was fun and the sleeve shaping was a lot easier than I expected, but the endless plain stockinette to knit the main body of the sweater was REALLY BORING. So I think I'd probably save it for when I knew I needed a long boring handwork project, like a con or something.

[staranise]

Did you... did you knit your cats boleros?

Were you recently escorted at a social function by a well-mannered but slightly bored-looking man named Ivan Vorpatril?

[melannen]

It is a pullover and not as short as it looks, actually! I didn't block it so the bottom hem kept rolling up.

....I may be hoarding sewing patterns for vintage bolero+skirt suits though, that may be a thing I have been doing.

[vass]

That colourwork is great, and I'm impressed with the sleeves (and, okay, with anyone who can knit a sweater in the round. Or knit a sweater full stop.)

[melannen]

I think I messed up the kitchener stich on the sleeves but it's all in the armpits so nobody can see it! \o/

I find this style of sweater way easier than the ones that are knit in the flat! You just sort of cast on then keep knitting in circles until it looks like a sweater and that's it. As long as you have the right sizing and needles, anyway.

[cesy]

Aww!

[erinptah]

I'm so happy to see these grumpy, grumpy kitties.

[alatefeline]

KITTY SWEATER KITTY SWEATER KITTY SWEATER *inaudibly highpitched squeeing*