Jofrog is Knitfrog!

An almost daily blog of my knitting adventures and conquests!

November 8 2005

Hey Johanna, That's Smart!

As promised yesterday, I'm here to share my newest project with you! I dove right into the Smart yarn I got at the swap, and started to make this sweater.

Zip Jacket

I'll spare you the details, but the needle size stated on the ball band didn't make sense, so I started swatching with a larger size, then needed to go to a smaller size (but still larger than they were asking for) to get gauge on my swatch. A few inches of stockinette later:

Smart Back
It's too big! Darn gauge swatch!

I still haven't gotten up enough heart to rip out the back, so I started on one of the fronts, with a smaller needle. This is the first pocket I've knit, I love it! What fun and instant gratification... Okay, so the fishy sweater had a pocket also, but that was picked up and knit, not knit together with it, and... well it was different!

Smart Front

 

posted by jofrog16 at November 08, 2005 07:41 | link | comments (4)