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WIP Wednesday: Sweater-in-progress and Owl Puff

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(This is fourth in my series of design process posts. Earlier posts are here: Part Three, Part Two, Part One.)

The sweater design is still rolling along! I just started the bottom ribbing on size US #3 needles, ugh. But I should be done with the body later tonight.

New sweater design WIP

Last weekend, I was working merrily along on the neck increases below the sleeve split when I realized I’d made a pretty serious math error when I set the whole thing up. This is, unfortunately, as much a part of my design process as sketching or swatching. (That’s what I get for trying to crunch numbers while watching Supernatural episodes.)

So I had two choices at that point–rip out the entire yoke of the sweater, back to the point when I started the neck decreases–about an inch from the cast on–or rearrange the numbers so they worked with what I’d already done.

Guess which one I picked?

Turns out I like this neckline shape better anyway, though. I’m calling it a fortuitous accident. :-)

I also cast on a little mini-project yesterday:

owl puff WIPIt’s an in-progress Owl Puff (Ravelry link)! A friend of mine has helped me tremendously with the fiction-writing side of my life and loves owls, so she’s getting a little surprise in the mail as soon as I can get to the craft store to buy some felt and safety eyes.

And along those lines: I signed with a literary agent for my fiction yesterday! It means I’m that much closer to my goal of writing for a living. So it’s been a very good week all around. :-)

 

8 Comments

  1. Truly Myrtle
    Truly Myrtle03-07-2013

    Congratulations on the agent news!!! Exciting :)
    I’m loving the colour of the yarn for your sweater – it’s coming along nicely.
    By the way – have you thought about putting an email subscribe button on your blog? I’m having a hard job subscribing through google like I usually do. Not sure why?

    • Triona Murphy
      Triona Murphy03-07-2013

      Hmm, that’s weird! I’ll get a subscribe button–that’s a good idea. Thanks for the heads-up!

  2. Karen
    Karen03-07-2013

    Congratulations on signing with an agent! That’s so exciting.
    Your sweater is lovely! The color is so pretty.

  3. kirsti(k)nits
    kirsti(k)nits03-07-2013

    Congratulations on signing with an agent! That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing your design process – really interesting to read how different people get to the same place.

  4. Michelle
    Michelle03-07-2013

    Phew. Glad that it worked out in the end. I too, end up making mathematical errors constantly when trying to reconfigure things. It’s always nice to know I’m not the only one.

  5. Amy
    Amy03-07-2013

    Congratulations on signing with your agent. Your sweater looks very nice, and I am over the top in love with the colors for your owl puff.

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