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Maker Faire Crochet Fun

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

I'll be at Maker Faire in San Francisco this weekend. I'm excited about my Craft Lounge presentation Simple Crochet Flowers Saturday from 4:00 - 5:00 PM. Woohoo! Bring your own crochet hook and yarn and I'll show you how to whip up some little blooms.

I'm not sure how busy it'll be or how many people will show up. I'm totally open to answering any crochet questions you might have for me. Or just come craft with me for an hour. By 4 PM, I know I'll be ready to sit down and relax!

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Vacation Glow

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

I just got back from a road trip to Los Angeles. The last real vacation we took was 5 years ago and it was so good ... relaxing, renewing, centering, magical, delightful, brilliant ... to get away from day-to-day life for more than a day or two.

It made me realize that I need more wide open spaces in my life. Physical, mental, and spiritual. I'm determined to create more personal space. The spaces are where things can really happen.

I made an attempt at doing some crafty shopping. These are 10 for a dollar zippers in 10 different colors and a selection of sizes.

Here's some carefully selected ribbon from a cave of rolls that was more than a little overwhelming to scuttle about in.

And, even though I live in a city with a Kinokuniya, I made a special trip to Little Tokyo and picked up this book of knitting stitches.

300 glorious knitting stitches. I already have several crochet stitch dictionaries, so I thought it was time to start the collection of knitting books.

Maybe some day I'll make a project of swatching all the stitches in my various dictionaries.

Right before we left, I was in a panic. I knew I wanted to take a project with me and all I had going was Helena . I'm at a critical point in that sweater, so it's not mindless nighttime knitting. I needed a project!

It was difficult to resist the temptation to buy yarn, but, luckily, it was too late to order anything. I spied yarn Andrew bought for me two years ago and decided to knit a summery striped sailory sweater with it. I'll introduce you to it soon.

I even found a quiet moment one afternoon to take my fledgling project to the park near our hotel to do a little knitting.

All of this is just a teeny tiny part of the vacation though ... and, not even the best part. Not even close. We had so many magical moments in the city and on a couple forays into the desert. I can't even begin to catalog them for you.

I'm going to wait for Andrew to sift through the thousands of photos he took (yes. thousands!) and post them on his site before I talk about our adventures. I just tried to pick a few choice ones and it was impossible. I started getting lost in the thumbnails and the stories and the still fresh memories.

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Knitting Outside

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

It's been nice enough to sit outside and do some knitting lately. One of my favorite things to do. It's extra nice that our building has a secluded back yard that no one but me ever uses. I can sit out there on my blanket and listen to the birds chirping.

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Crafting In Public

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Wednesday, May 9th from 5:30-8:30 at the Metreon Dining Terrace 135 Fourth Street (@ Mission) San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.

This location seems to be working out really well. I won't be able to make it this week, though, so have a cupcake from Cako for me! ;)

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Starling Handbag Pattern in French and German

Wed, 02 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

I am so excited about being able to offer the Starling Handbag in French and German. The translations were done by two amazing people, Ambre and Laura, who volunteered their skills. I've updated the Starling Handbag Ravelry page and my free downloads page to include the new versions.

This is actually part of a bigger project. I completely redesigned and recoded my free downloads page. The updated look and feel is accompanied by a completely new delivery engine that should eliminate the problems some people had trying to get my downloads.

I figured if I was going to release the writstlet pattern soon, I had to update that page to work for everyone or I would drown under the "I can't get the pdf" emails once it's out. :)

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Helena Sweater - Longer and Wider

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT

When I started my Helena, the first thing I needed to do was pick which size to make. Based on the bust measurement, I needed to make the small.

I printed out the pattern and started circling everything for the small size to makes sure that all the other measurements that go with that size worked for me.

Here I've circled the lower sleeve width and the neck width measurements for the small.

Here I've circled the front/back width for the small. 39.5" isn't wide enough for my hips, especially if I have any pants or a skirt on, and I was planning on wearing bottoms with this sweater. Ha!

I was also planning on making the sweater one motif-stripe longer than the pattern so it would hit me at an even wider part of my hips than the pattern anticipated. That meant I needed to modify the pattern to be a little wider at the bottom.

As you can see from my note, I decided that I needed to have the bottom opening be 20.5" wide.

This sweater is knit sideways from cuff to cuff, so I was going to need to do some short rows to add width at the hips. These are my first short rows, ever!

First I figured out that I needed 12 extra rows at the hem - six on each side. Then I drew the short rows and decided that I would make the first short row 1 motif-stripe tall, the second short row 2 motif stripes tall, and the third short row 3 motif-stripes tall. This way the width would be gently sloped.

Here's where it was a little tricky - I had to do this in-pattern. The big line with the arrow and the "3" is the normal row. It's a wrong side row where I would knit Row 3 of my lace chart. For the short rows, I had to go backwards on the lace chart to make sure I worked up to Row 3.

I do just the opposite on the other side - taller short rows that decrease each row until I get to the bind off edge.

And it worked! Here is the first set of short rows to add a little width at the hem. It's exactly what I was hoping for!

Here's what the edge looks like once a bunch more of the sweater was knit. I added the white arrow to show you where the edge of the sweater would have been.

Around this point in the sweater, when I was knitting the body, I did some math on the number of rows I needed to complete as I went across. The pattern says stuff like "knit until it measures X number of inches from the cast on row" but I need an actual number of rows.

You can't just measure your knitting, that's crazy. It stretches. Not to mention the fact that I have to knit a front and back that match so I can sew them together.

And doing that math was when I noticed something totally weird ...

Oh, no! When I printed the pattern, the extra small and half of the small number didn't print. When I circled the "19 3/4" thinking it was the small size, it was actually the medium. Look at the photo above to see what I mean about the printing ... how did I miss that it went from 8" to 19.75"? Ha!

I almost freaked out until I realized that all the small measurements and work I'd done so far was fine. The only thing that it affected was the body row count, and I hadn't finished the body yet. Whew!

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Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT

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Helena Sweater - Knit Kit

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT

I bought this case to fit in my project bag and keep all my bits and pieces from getting tangled up in my yarn. Each project has it's own set of must-have bits. Here is my knit knit for the Helena.

( 1 ) These are my half-frame +2.0 reading glasses. I'm officially old. When I got my eyes checked last year I asked the girl if I needed bifocals and she said, "No. When people get old like you, sometimes they just need reading glasses." Ha ha ... old like me ... erm ... sigh.

What's funny is otherwise my eyes are pretty awesome. I started wearing glasses at 16 and my near-sighted prescription has barely changed since then. It's just the close-up bit that doesn't work anymore. I guess I'm officially mid-sighted now since I can't see near or far.

( 2 ) This is my tiny, hand-drawn, graph-paper chart of the lace pattern with the row numbers written out. It's a 12-row repeat. Then, in all my other charts and notes, I refer to the row numbers on the chart and know what the heck I'm talking about.

( 3 ) This is my blocked swatch. It's so soft! Softer than my knitting, which is weird, but awesome. I carry it around to touch it and make other people touch it. I also measure it a lot to reassure myself that this sweater is totally going to fit after I block it. Totally. It's going to fit. Really really.

( 4 ) A crochet hook to fix dropped stitches, and my pencil to mark off rows on my row chart as I knit.

( 5 ) My row chart for the section that I'm working on. For each section, I put a number for each row. Then next to that I put the lace chart number. If there are increases or decreases, I somehow note that on the appropriate rows. As I knit, I make a mark next to that row.

For this sweater I'm knitting both halves at the same time. Sleeve, sleeve. Neck decrease, neck decrease. Body, body. Etc. So I mark of a forward slash for one sweater half and then complete the X for the other sweater half.

( 6 ) I'm using my Knit Picks Zephyr Acrylic Interchangeable Needles to make this project. I really love them. I made the Purple Striped Sweater with them, too.

The first couple of times I switched back and forth between the two halves of the sweater, I moved the whole circular from one to the other (leaving a lifeline in one). Eventually I realized (duh!) that I could leave the purple circ cable in the knitting and just take off the needle ends. The purple circles in the photo are the end caps for the cables.

( 7 ) Here is the pattern printed out. You can see my two color highlighting. I'm also taking tons of notes on the pages and taping my section charts to the last page when I'm done with that section.

( 8 ) This number is pointing to the clear plastic case. I got it at Daiso, the Japanese 1 Yen store (which is a $1.50 for us Americans). It's just slightly smaller than 8.5" x 11" and about 3/4" thick. You can probably find something similar at the office supply store or craft store near you.

I initially wanted it to keep my printed-out crochet and knitting patterns from getting all wrinkled up in my project bag. I also liked that it was clear because when I'm outside, it can sometimes be windy and this case won't blow away AND I can read my patterns and charts through the case. Win-win.

Eventually I noticed that it was a good place to put my needles and hooks, my pencil, my yarn needle, and scissors when I need them. It's slim so it keeps everything from going to the bottom of my bag. I also don't have to dig crochet hooks and scissors out of the middle of yarn balls ... which I've had to do before.

When I work on a project at home, I keep this next to me open on the arm of the couch. When it's time to go somewhere with my project, I just close it and slip it in my bag. Cake! No hunting for tools or trying to remember everything. It's all right there. Woo hoo!

For my yarn and my project, I use various sizes of zip lock bags. Oh, so glamorous.

Do you have any project organization tips for toting your project or craft supplies places?

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Crafting In Public

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Wednesday, April 25th from 5:30-8:30 at the Metreon Dining Terrace 135 Fourth Street (@ Mission) San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.

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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT

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Helena Sweater - The Adventure Begins

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT

The project I've been working on the most lately is Hélène by Veronik Avery. How gorgeous is that sweater?

I started mine around Thanksgiving, right before the purple stripe sweater. I had a burst of energy around the holidays. A couple days off and I get work-amnesia ... I forget that I don't usually have tons of free time to knit my little heart out.

I'm making this out of Knit Picks Comfy fingering weight yarn in a nice muted green called honeydew. The yarn is super soft! Especially after blocking, which I know since I blocked my gauge swatch like a good girl. :)

I'm a little nervous about making an edge-to-edge sweater that must be seamed. On top of that, since it's knitted lace, it's teeny tiny on my needles.

But I've double-triple-quadruple-checked my blocked swatch gauge and I'm trying to let the anxiety go. If everything works out well, this will be a wonderful sweater. In the meantime, I'm having a lot of fun making it.

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Feeling Chatty

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT

It's been a while since we just talked, hasn't it? There are some things floating around in my head (and out here on the blog) and I'd love to know what you think about them.

Emails and Comments

I have been super busy in (non-crafty ways), and I have about a month's worth of emails and comments that I want to respond to. The more important the email or the more I want to respond in a thoughtful way, the more likely I've "saved" it for when I have more bandwidth to properly address it. Gah! You'd think I'd have learned by now that "saving" important things to do them later just stresses me out, but sometimes there really is only so much time to go around.

Most likely, I won't be able to respond to everyone I'd like to, so I want to let you know that every comment and every email is appreciated. Seriously. Someone totally makes my day at least 3 times a week by sending me a nice email or leaving a sweet comment on my blog. I am so grateful for the crafty love you send my way.

What I posted in ...

You've probably noticed my "What I posted in ..." on Fridays the last couple months. The whole reason I'm doing them is that I saw other blogs posting archived post and it got me thinking.

I often get emails or comments on the blog along these lines, "I had no idea you posted this .... " I also realized I have a ton of old posts that don't have small thumbnails or summaries, so they end up as full posts on my category pages, which defeats the whole purpose of the category pages. I also thought it would be a lot of fun for me to take a look back on the 6+ years of posts I've written.

Each week I'm able to update/fix/enjoy a handful of posts. I think of it as nostalgic housecleaning. I love it, and I hope you like it, too. I might not do it weekly once I get through all 52 weeks ... maybe just a monthly "best of" round up. What do you think?

Blog Photography

I used to use Andrew's Nikon to take all my blog photos, but then we got the tiny Canon with its seductive macro setting, it's light-weight portableness, and its easy-to-use video capability ... and I stopped using the Nikon.

But now that I'm going back through my blog posts, I'm realizing that the Nikon era photos are SO MUCH BETTER than the photos from the Canon. Oh, my. I'm a little sad about that. But I'm looking forward to starting to use the Nikon again.

Oh, and in awesome photography news, Andrew was accepted in to his fourth juried group show! The exhibition, Night Light, is focused on photographs taken at night and includes Andrew's Before and After.

Crochet Patterns

The next featured project in my notebook is to get the crochet wristlet pattern posted here on the blog as a free download. At first I thought it would be easy, but as I started to make the list of things to do it kept growning and growing and growing. Somehow each task required something just a little bigger until the project scope grew to include buying a new computer. Granted, I'm due for an upgrade, but I'm pretty sure I can get this pattern out without *everything* on the list.

I'm working on paring down the task list to the essentials. I already crocheted the prototype - and come up with a new, excellent way to do the wrist strap. Documenting the process of making the zippered lining is going to be the big time-consumer on this project.

The crochet-a-long videos for the Starling Handbag and the Hex Tote have been well received. I would love to do a wristlet video series, too. What do you think? Do you like the videos? Are they helpful? Are they better than photo tutorials?

I'm also hoping to post a lot more crochet and knitting patterns once I figure out the path I want to follow. I've got instructions for gloves, scarves, and all sorts of fun stuff laying around here. Anything in particular that I've designed that you'd like to have the pattern for?

Advertising on Futuregirl

I've added small ads on the footer of my blog feed to go with the ads I've sold on my site. A lot of people are clicking on those ads, which tells me I've found great advertisers who are actually relevant. Yay! If you've been thinking about advertising on my site, my prices now include an ad in my feed for the same low price. In Google Reader alone I have over 13,000 subscribers, so that's a great deal!

2012 - The Year Of Sweaters

Around December I thought about declaring 2012 as the year of selfish crocheting and knitting. The idea of only making things for myself for a year seemed so deliciously decadent. ME ME ME.

Of course, I've already made a ton of things for other people. I just can't help myself. ;) But I *have* been continuously working on one or more sweaters at a time for myself since December. So I'm declaring this the year of sweaters for me. I'll introduce you to my next sweater soon.

I think I should include this vintage Japanese sweater (last photo in the post) in my set of sweaters this year.

Winning Yarn

Pam of Gingerbread Snowflakes has a month of gratitude in February and at the end of the month, she gave a way a $30 gift certificate and I won it! I chose to use it at Yarnia ... the yarn store I'd heard so many Portlanders rave about.

Here I am cuddling my new yarn (cotton twisted with bamboo). This will probably become a sweater, too! Thank you, Pam!

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Crafting In Public

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Wednesday, April 11th from 5:30-8:30 at the Metreon Dining Terrace 135 Fourth Street (@ Mission) San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.

This is a new place because the ING Cafe closes at 7 now ... ack! There's a Ravelry forum post for us to coordinate since it'll be our first time there.

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Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT

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Teddy Bear Update 3 - All Done!

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT

And I'm done! I'd made this a featured project in my notebook because I thought it might take me a bunch of time to complete, but it went so much faster than I anticipated. I'm super happy that I got him done so quickly.

I'd meant to put on a face on him. I'd even gone button shopping with the recipient, but it was decided that the faceless bear was perfect just the way it is.

Oh, those teddy feet! So plump and sweet.

And with a hugging arm for scale. So cuddly ....

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Teddy Bear Update 2 - BearPod, The Emergence

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Sewing together the teddy bear pieces went so quickly I didn't even think to take pictures. Since I crochet, knit, or hand sew most of the things I make, I forget how FAST making things with the sewing machine can be. Zooooom!

I did, however, document this part ... turning the bearpod out-side-right. If I could have had you here with me, witnessing the emergence, I would have. This photo essay is the next best thing.

The bearpod is all of the parts of the bear sewn together with the outsides on the inside. Here is a shot of the inside-out head hole.

This is the belly. Inside there are all the arms, legs, and the head.

All the bear pieces-parts are going to come out this tiny little slit in the back seam. Ready?

Boop! Here's the head.

Arm. Arm.

Right leg.

Left leg.

Boiiiiing! Body!

After this point, it's just a bunch of stuffing and sewing little holes in the body, legs, and arms. I thought all the hand sewing would slow me down again, but it was super fast. So fast that I forgot, again, to take any snaps. So, tomorrow, you'll get Mr. Finished Bear photos. Woohoo!

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:00:00 GMT

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Teddy Bear Update 1 - Cutting Out The Pieces

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:00:00 GMT

I have a friend that really loves my teddy bear. So much so that I decided to surprise them with one of their own.

I looked at the fabric store for teddy bear patterns, thinking It would be easy to find one just like mine. But I was mistaken. I couldn't find a good teddy bear pattern at all. Luckily, a quick internet search turned up the exact pattern I made Neville from on eBay. Can you believe that this is my first purchase from eBay? Crazy, huh?

I bought this amazingly soft and plush faux fur at the fabric store. It's a very traditional teddy bear color.

So soft! So cuddly! I bought miles of this stuff.

The challenge with fluffy faux fur fabric, though, is that you can't just lay the pattern pieces on it and cut them out. The fabric is just too bumpy and weird. So I had to trace each pattern piece onto grocery bag paper, which is more durable.

Then I used the grocery bag pattern pieces to trace onto the back of the knitted fur base. It was really hard to trace the pattern pieces, so I ended up using the sharpies. I was afraid the marker smell would linger, but it dissipated within a day or so.

Teddy bears have a surprising number of pieces to make them all up. It took seemingly forever to cut out all the pattern pieces, trace all the pieces onto grocery bags, cut out the grocery bag pieces, trace them onto the fur, and cut out the fur pieces. Gah! So long.

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Purple Stripe Sweater - Update 9: Button Closure

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:00:00 GMT

I think I've finally reached the end of things to say about this sweater ... haha!

First, I want to marvel at the fact that I had this amazing wooden button in my stash. It matches the mid-purple perfectly. I still can't get over that.

I originally had the button closure lower on the sweater, but after wearing it a couple of times, I realized that it was too low once the yarn relaxes. I also only had the purple button and a crocheted loop, but I noticed that the underneath ribbing would sag and fold back as I wore the sweater.

Button 2.0 includes an interior button and loop. The interior button is a small shanked button that I sewed onto the bulk of the steek for stability.

The purple button is not shanked, so I stabilzed it by sewing it on with a small clear button on the inside (aka an anchor button). The inside-underneath button keeps the purple button upright ... meaning my yarn loop doesn't pull it over to the side.

TECHknitting recently had a lot of great posts about buttons in which you can learn everything you ever wanted to know and more about putting buttons on your hand knit and hand crocheted garments, inlcuding using anchor buttons.

Ta da! I am wearing the hell out of this sweater. I really should start on another so I'll have it for when this one wears out.

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Crafting In Public

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Wednesday, March 28th from 5:00-7:00 at ING Cafe at 101 Post Street, San Francisco (at Kearny). Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.

p.s. I can't make it this week, but I'm sure they'll be other happy crafters there to hang with. :)

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Purple Stripe Sweater - Update 8: Project Notes

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Paige emailed and asked me how I keep notes about my projects - specifically about modifications I make to patterns. I thought I'd share my answer with you, too.

The first little chart I made was this stripe chart. The brackets on the right designate where I can carry the yarn and where I break the yarn.

As I was knitting, I would make notes on the printed pattern. Any notes on other paper, like the stripe chart, I tape to the paper to keep everything together.

For each section of the pattern, I created a check box for every row (or set of rows). I also indicated whether it was D M or L, which is Dark, Medium, or Light Purple. And, I also put the cut/no-cut brackets on right to remind me NOT to cut the yarn.

All my mods are here, hand-written as I made them. Then, after I was all done, I put them in my sweater's Ravelry project. I did this because I love reading other people's posts on Ravelry that explain what they did on a pattern. It can be *super* helpful to know lots of people made a sweater longer, or found the instructions confusing.

Another thing I love about Ravelry when I'm browsing through patterns is looking at other people's projects from the pattern. I can see real people wearing the sweater they made. I think that's a much better indication of what I might make ... since I'm usually not the same size as the model they used. Sometimes a sweater that looks incredible on the model doesn't look so hot on a middle-aged woman.

And, sometimes the converse is true. I've seen plenty of homely looking sweaters really shine when someone gets creative with the color or changes just one tiny part of the pattern So much inspiration and real-world experience can be found on Ravelry. It's an incredible resource for my knitting and crocheting!

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Purple Stripe Sweater - Update 7: Finished Sweater

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Ta da!

It was a beautiful sunny day yesterday ... freezing, but beautiful. I have my coat and scarf at my feet in these photos. I'm sure everyone else at the park thought I was nuts. :)

You can see in this photo that the elbow gets a little baggy after a couple days of wear. I like the length, so I'll just have to live with it.

Originally, I planned to do the ribbing in the medium purple color, but when I tried to order the extra yarn, it was on back order. Of course, now, I can't imagine that ... the dark purple is the perfect ribbing color.

The only thing that's a little goofy is I started at the top of the back with the dark purple, so the stripe merges with the ribbing creating a weird angled shape. If I hadn't done that, I'd have a crisp dark line around the back neck. Next time I'll plan the ribbing/stripes better.

Here you can see just how windy it was. I love the little peek you get at the light green steek. When I went shopping for a shirt to wear with this sweater, I couldn't resist this v-neck because it matches the steek perfectly!

I still have a couple more things to show you about the sweater ... the button stuff, and my project notes ... but I didn't want to make you wait for the final photos anymore! Or, more truthfully, I couldn't stand not sharing them!

I make everyone pet this sweater when they find out I made it. The Knit Picks Comfy Worsted is so SOFT it's crazy. It's also super fuzzy, which has resulted in gigantic pills under the arms and at the waist where my purse rubs the sweater. I'm getting a sweater stone to help remove the initial pilling. I get the sense that once the "baby duck down" fuzz has worn off, we'll be fine.

I've machine washed and dried this sweater a couple of times. I've found that I have to dry it all the way so it shrinks back up to "knit size" then, as I wear it, it relaxes back to "cotton stretch size", similar to a pair of jeans. I think I can figure out how to knit the next one so it relaxes into the right size. Currently, after it relaxes, there's a little too much ease under the arms and at the bust.

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