One More Time

A year ago I was working on a tomten jacket for Simon during the Ravelympics. I made a nice jacket but it didn't fit well. I'm finally getting around to another one and I hope this time it will fit. And I hope to finish it before winter ends. *sigh*

Olympic Hangover

It's over. Fifteen or was it sixteen days of fun. I finished my Ravelympic Tomten jacket for Simon. Elizabeth Zimmermann was a genius, but I think she designed sweaters to fit very loosely. I went down in size, and now I'm worried that it will be too small. If it is, I'm going to knit another. It went pretty fast.

The ravelmpics2010 were a hoot! I was part of Team UDBB and we enjoyed each others' successes and setbacks.

Sunday Knitting

I made a lot of progress by sitting in my chair and watching a lot of the olympics.

Game On!

I started my ravelympic2010 project, Elizabeth Zimmermann's Tomten Jacket for Dani's boy Simon.

Yarn: Plymouth Yarn Encoure Tweed
Needles: Size 9
Gauge: garter stitch 4 st. per inch

I cast on 88 stitches instead of 112 as EZ recommended. I measured Simon and he was between 21 and 22 inches around. His arms are about 8 inches long, but I can make the sleeves longer.