FINISHED!

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Soulbot is complete. Finally. Three more little strands to sew in and it's on it's way to it's owner. I'm just it's maker.

How fucking badass is that? I hope fucking moochers don't try to steal it.

Collar!

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So, after the collar is finished (in the three rounds), my Soulbot sweater will be complete! FINALLY. Took me about seven months, but whatever! It's great! I'm proud of myself, that's for sure.

I'm already starting to think about what to make next. However, I have a lot of stashed yarn so I better work with that before buying more. Yep. Sucks.

Getting My Hands Dirty

I have one last seam to sew on the soulbot sweater, and then, pictures. Promise. However, whilst going about my typical Venture Bros. watching, I was inspired to try and create my very own Magic Murder Bag. So, there you go: My next project will be designed, created and mastered by me. It will be my first attempt at making my own structural pattern. Wish me luck!

No Need to Block

After looking at the sweater, I've decided the best route would be to sew the seams first and THEN block. It makes more sense to me and just because the books says to block first, doesn't mean I have to. So far one sleeve is completely seamed as well as one side. Almost done. And then the collar. And then the moment of truth. This blog is boring without pictures. I promise. Soon.

90% Done!

I know, I was gone for a bit. Maybe I was depressed with my blog layout not being more awesome, or maybe it had something to do with the slow progress. All pieces (minus the collar) are complete. I will start blocking after the weekend. I will sew the seams and finish the collar and yes, Soulbot Sweater will be complete.

I will post pictures of my first blocking experience, of course. Expect that to come soon.

Black Sleeves, Obviously!

I finished a sleeve yeserday. A fully knitted grey sleeve! And then I thought about it after a conversation, and decided the sleeves would look a lot nicer if they were black. With a black collar. So I have a useless grey sleeve.

This sweater was supposed to be done over a month ago. Shit.

Techniques for Knits and Purls

I taught myself to knit from a book. For the most part anyway. There was a time I knitted a wristband with the help of a friend Melissa, who I have not seen in easily five years. When I learned from this book, I skipped that whole part about knitting while holding your yarn. I don't at all. I drop it and pick it up every stitch. I'm sure a lot of you are thinking "that is SO lame" but for me, there was no other way to do it. This also goes with how I knit and purl.

I was showing my friend Debbie a knit and a purl stitch one day, when Angie (my roomie) noticed that I pull my yarn and knit it differently from her. I never really gave it much thought, there are tons of different techniques to achieve the same stitch, but today when I was watching videos online at http://www.knittinghelp.com, I noticed the different way to knit and purl. So I tried it. And I can't help but wonder which one is better. I'm still working on that sweater sleeve, so I did about four rows with the "new" technique and noticed the stitches looked a bit cleaner (that's my way of saying you can see them better in the wool yarn), but not by much.

I think I'm going to just finish the sleeves the way I knitted the rest of the sweater and knit my next project with the new technique. I'll let you know how it goes.