Pool Ball Sweater Update 3 (feat. a teddy bear version!)
This project’s really starting to come together! Between finishing the body, washing and blocking, planning out the graphics, and even knitting a tiny matching version for my teddy bear, it’s finally looking like the sweater I pictured in my head. Here’s everything that’s happened since last week: Finished the body ribbing: I finished knitting the 2x2 body ribbing and bound off using Italian bind-off (I exaggerated last week—it only ended up taking about two hours). The length feels just right now that it's done. Weaved in ends, washed, and blocked: With the body finished, I weaved in all my ends, gave the sweater a wash, and pinned it on the blocking mats to dry. It took almost two full days to dry, so in the meantime I... Knit my teddy bear a matching sweater: (More on this in a bit). Planned out the graphic placements: Once it was mostly dry, I started figuring out exactly where the pool balls should go. I made and colored paper cutouts to see how everyt...
