here is my version of the fishtrap from knitter's almanac. it is for my dear tall tall nephew with the very long arms. never have i knitted sleeves that looong.
it took 8 skeins of canadian regal from meg on needles 4½mm. it is not a very expensive yarn but very lovely for a rough wool afficinado like me. i am much more after texture than softness. the colour is forest brown a very unusual greyish orangey brown. very hard to define. and i think this yarn has heirloom quality.
i wanted to add a feature of my 'own' and made a ribbed welt that is from the rest of the body by purling one row one the right side. the rib pattern is from ms. starmore's: fishermen's sweaters to be more exact the rib used for the sweater 'inisheer'. it is a usual way to design an original aran. gladys thompson also has a lot of examples of such welts in her book about aran patterns. this year is the year of cables for me. i have at least 3 more cable projects in my head. when i have finished na craga i am going to knit st. brigid form aran knitting for myself in hebridean 3 play from alice starmore. i can hardly wait to receive the parcel from the outer hebrides.
after posting last time i realised i had the same picture twice and claiming that everything went swimmingly. it does actually so i post another picture to prove it.
2 comments:
That's nice, doesn't he look sharp?
I liked St Brigid but I did have to keep an eye on those cables - no knitting-without-chart for me on that one.
Na craga looks great.
It is amazing!! That is very cool of you to do - especially for someone so tall. Those sleeves would take forever!
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