tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023057129228541740.post5505950898515594692..comments2024-03-03T20:17:55.767-05:00Comments on Hugs For Your Head: My first sweaterMary Keenanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05260934319762115179noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023057129228541740.post-4215933162433557602010-10-20T08:35:46.510-04:002010-10-20T08:35:46.510-04:00My first sweater was just a few years ago (althoug...My first sweater was just a few years ago (although only got its own blog post this week), but it wasn't for me. In classic instant gratification mode, I made a toddler-sized sweater. Finally I am about to make one for myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023057129228541740.post-76164593913010622802010-10-13T17:14:02.134-04:002010-10-13T17:14:02.134-04:00here I go again: the first thing I ever knit from ...here I go again: the first thing I ever knit from a pattern was a sock. I was 8 and I didn't know that they were supposed to be too difficult for me. Knitting in the round just felt logical (still does). The first sweater I made from a pattern was a Barbie sweater. I made many for myself and my sisters. I don't think I knitted a person sized sweater until I made a pair for my boys when they were small. I have a picture of them wearing them somewhere. I'll have to search it out. I didn't knit a sweater for myself until the last few years, but I knit many for others.Kathleen Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096607261757810034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023057129228541740.post-66985573073302594962010-10-13T13:35:06.499-04:002010-10-13T13:35:06.499-04:00Oh, I remember vividly: it was 1976. The yarn was ...Oh, I remember vividly: it was 1976. The yarn was blue variegated acrylic, and it was a very complex Aran pattern with bobbles and braids and latticework, and I adored it while I was making it. When I put it together, however, I suddenly realized: this is quite possibly the ugliest sweater I've ever seen in my life. Rather than frog it, though, I thoughtfully gave it to my grandmother, who adored everything I did. A cruel trick, in hindsight.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175905906542647655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023057129228541740.post-396311965326133212010-10-13T13:08:47.750-04:002010-10-13T13:08:47.750-04:00Yes Kathi, and now I'm dying to know what you ...Yes Kathi, and now I'm dying to know what you said!<br /><br />How funny that Heklica and I started knitting around the same time... talk about some long-wearing yarn! I doubt my acrylic would have survived well enough to be remade (and in fact, it could never have been frogged with all the halo it had going on.)Mary Keenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260934319762115179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023057129228541740.post-68454065352880401402010-10-13T11:11:12.975-04:002010-10-13T11:11:12.975-04:00I just wrote a long comment- but there was a serve...I just wrote a long comment- but there was a server error. Did it disappear?Kathleen Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096607261757810034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023057129228541740.post-23264950714989454032010-10-13T10:14:34.446-04:002010-10-13T10:14:34.446-04:00Nice topic to reminisce about :) My first sweater ...Nice topic to reminisce about :) My first sweater was made in the late 80's, gray and full of cables and seed stitch (or is that moss stitch for you?) and it had moderately wide bat-like sleeves (not sure what you call that in English), as befitting the fashion :) When I got sick of it, my Mum inherited it and she wore it stubbornly until fairly recently when she finally asked me to frog it and make something else out of it.heklicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14888343145150405669noreply@blogger.com