Now that the Superbowl is behind us (yay Saints! – New Orleans deserves a celebration!), we can all now look forward to Vancouver and the Olympics. Not sure if any of you saw the NY Times magazine section yesterday, but I LOVE the knitted items shown, even the wild-and-crazy ones. And one of those is figure skater Johnny Weir’s amazing costume. Drop stitches, stripes, center seaming, short rows – and those loopy-stitch “ankle warmers” – purely decorative, I’m sure. I can’t wait to see THAT on ice! You DO know he’s wearing a bodysuit too…
And check out sweater on Jesse (Speedy) Peterson! Multi-colors of blue and white loop-stitch body and multi-strand knitted sleeves. I wonder if that helps keep him aloft longer during his freestyle competitions??
Then there’s figure skater Rachel Flatt in, what looks like, a crocheted outfit with flying strands of yarn. I love it!
I am knitting the Jardin Baby Jacker by Melissa Matthay. In the direction for the front it does not specify to change to larger needles after the six rows of seed stitch where witching to stockinet stitch. I’m sure that I should switch to the larger needles. Do you agree? is this an error in the directions?
Thanks
Mary
Hi, Mary,
The pattern is correct as written. Because the jacket (modeled by my granddaughter, may I add…) is a swing-type, you don’t want a tight edging because you want it to flare out.
Hope this helps!
Cari
Hi, Janet,
I looked into it and you are so right! The finished chest measurements as listed are incorrect. They should be: 20 (21 1/2, 23)” that relate to sizes 12 (18, 24) mos. I have asked our web person to make the changes on the site. We used the bear as the “model” just for fun since she’s the size of an average 12-month old.
Sorry for any inconvenience,
Cari