Archive Entries for May 2008
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Saturday May 31, 2008
Christina: Whitby Gansey - complete
Now on the long weekend away in France with George's parents, I finished sewing in the extra ends generated by the new neckline, and handed over the finished garment to George Senior. He wore it for the first 10 minutes of gardening in the chilly early morning but basically it is too hot to work in a guernsey at the moment. Looks good in it though eh?
Posted by Christina at 7:22 AM. Category: Ganseys
Tuesday May 27, 2008
Christina: Whitby Gansey - revamped collar
George's Dad liked the gansey but he (and everyone else who tried it) had a problem with the neck being too high at the front. I think, comparing it with Alison's, my neck is much tighter and this does not work with a style having the back and front alike. So I undid the collar rows, leaving the live stitches, and picked up the two sides across the saddle and back neck the same as before. However at the front, I picked up stitches diagonally down about 12 rows, and then straight across about 12 stitches, for the front neck. I unravelled the rows between and will cut the threads and sew in the ends.
I then reknitted the collar.
We are spending next weekend with George's parents in France, so George Senior might be able to wear it then - especially if the weather doesn't improve!
Posted by Christina at 8:34 PM. Category: Ganseys
