[Nfb-krafters-korner] thinking ahead

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Yes, this is the baby sweater that I did before.  I actually changed  the 
pattern once again so it does not have the yoke with the lace type hole  
design.  I did it as a garter ridge, so the yoke is more unisex.   Joann's has a 
fantastic assortment of buttons, but I defintely have gotten a  couple of 
accounts thru button dealers to keep the price for the buttons  down.  I also 
blindly look on EBay, too.
 
I have found sock monkey buttons and put them on a brown sweater.
 
When I give one as a gift, I get a teddy bear or stuff animal and put the  
sweater on it.  Then I tell them That here is their first teddy and their  
first sweater and when the baby grows out of it, they can put it back on the  
bear.  I have had someone come back to me and pull out the Teddy bear and  
remark, they can't believe that sweater fit this 10 year old when she was  
born.
 
Maybe I will do a teddy with a sweater for our fundraiser.  I don't  think 
I could hold my interest long enough to do a blanket.
 
I am curious to find out what this sweater looks like that I have on my  
needles now.  It is one of those self design yarns that is suppose to  create 
flowers and stripes.
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 10/30/2013 1:49:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
denise.shaible at att.net writes:

Joyce,

Is this the same baby sweater that we made sometime  ago that had the holes 
in it and was originally for a girl?  If so,  that was a cute pattern.  I 
like the idea of learning how to  calculate the measurements for a sweater 
because I'd like to make a  sweater for my husband but, I can't seem to 
find 
one that sounds  cool.  I see pullover ones but no cardigans.  So, when you 
do  the calculating classes, I'll sign up.  I may even try the baby sweater 
 
again because I never finished the one we did in your previous  class.  I 
really like some of the buttons you've found.  where  do you get them?

By the way, speaking of thinking out of the box, why  don't you make one of 
those baby sweaters and maybe a blanket to match and  raffle them off for a 
fund raiser?  Just a  thought.

Regards,

Denise

-----Original Message-----  
From: Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:22  AM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner]  thinking ahead

I was thinking about doing the baby sweater if folks had  interest in doing
it.  So "folks" speak up here!

I am thinking  ahead on doing a sweater class from my favorite web  site.
This will  take the student to think out of what fit they want the  sweater 
 
to
be, make swatches and figure  gauges out, take measurements  and  then put
this all into my favorite website and it will calculate  and give you a
pattern that will fit who ever measurements you calculate  in.

I have used this to make sweaters for children, toddlers and  myself.

I made a pull over sweater with a button tab neck and I used a  strand of
sock yarn and a strand of worstered weight.  I wanted the  sock yarn that 
had
a self design to add bits of color here and there  [no, it did not do a
design] but I used a solid blue denim and the sock  yarn.

It is defintely one of my favorite sweaters.

I know not  lots of people might want to make a baby sweater, but I thought
it would be  something we can have several classes and complete the
project.

I am  not sure how to go about teaching this other sweater class.   Maybe  
we
can do a few classes to get folks familiar with how to calculate  and  get
their patttern and begin it.  Then maybe a follow up  Monday or  something 
to
check in how folks are  progressing.

Please do give me your thoughts on how you think this  would work best for
you.


Joyce   Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
Blindhands at AOL.com
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