Knitting Lingerie Style-Along

Beautiful Bed Jacket!!!

This weekend, I just completed the finishing touches on my bed jacket.  Now I am searching for a vintage jeweled button for a closure.  This project is wonderful...!  It is great for the intermediate or advanced beginner who is looking for a challenge  or test of your knitting skills.  I used the recommended yarn Cascade Sierra in aubergine.  This yarn is great to work with.  There are a lot of pieces to knit and assemble.  The pattern instructions are clear and on point.  Everything came together nicely.  The fit is perfect.  I made no adjustments to the pattern.  To my misfortune, no one home at this time to take my picture as I model my new finished object so I took a few pictures of it hanging as a place holder for my post.

There is no doubt that I will wear this jacket for years to come.  I have a couple of pairs of pajama pants and a pair of slippers that coordinate wonderfully.  After a long day at work I will toss this on with my PJ's and get cozy with a cup of hot chocolate.  I will also wear this jacket this fall with feminine skirts and with jeans and lacy cami.  There are so many options.  I would like to thank Robin for putting this KAL together.  I have enjoyed working all of my projects from Knitting Lingerie Style and will knit a few more before I put this book on the shelf for safekeeping.  Joan has a fan for life!  The trumpet skirt is my next project.

Post Your FOs Here!

Exciting news! Joan McGowan-Michael, the author of Knitting Lingerie Style, has graciously offered some of her White Lies Designs patterns as prizes for our contest! These are truly beautiful and romantic designs and I have purchased many of these patterns.

I don't know how many patterns we will have to give away, but you will receive one entry for each completed FO. Please post a comment to this post listing your FOs completed by next Friday, October 12th and we will do the drawings the next week. It can be for any items completed through the 12th, not 9/30 as I said before. This should give us all a little push to get our projects done if we've been stalled or putting off finishing, etc.!!

Contest Status

Hi everyone,

Sorry I am a few days late with this. Someone graciously brought to my attention that there was no Tip Jar showing up on this site, and I discovered that I actually did not have it configured for this group. So, the entire balance I posted about belongs to the other group, Fitted Knits Along. My question for all of you is - do you want a prize drawing? If so, should we do it later (say for knits completed from the beginning of the KAL through 12/31?) or get contributions now to do one now for knits completed from the beginning of the KAL through 9/30? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!!!

Robin

9/30 Prize Drawing

Hi everyone,

We are approaching September 30 soon, and I plan to have a prize drawing to give away the funds we have collected through the Tip Jar. Check other Admin posts for history if you're new to the group, as I think we discussed this a few months ago - but you will get one prize drawing entry for each FO completed between July 1 and September 30. 

However, I need your help with something. Typepad recently discontinued their "Earnings" feature which would provide detail of Tip Jar donations and affiliate (ad) earnings, and deposited the balance of $38.33 to my PayPal account last month upon discontinuance. What I didn't realize until now is that they wiped out the history of donations when they did this, so I don't know which donations were made to this KAL vs. the Fitted Knits KAL. If you donated funds to this KAL, could you let me know how much either by email (rm090195 at gmail dot com) or comment to this post? Also, if anyone would like to donate, you can still use the Tip Jar but please be sure to indicate which KAL you're donating to.

Thanks! Once I have this information I can determine how much of the $38.33 belongs to each KAL. I apologize for the inconvenience, but I didn't realize that Typepad was going to wipe out the history.

Complete!

  I actually finished this sweater a couple of weeks ago but haven't had the time to post until now. I'm really pleased with how it came out. Since I used 100% wool the sweater is quite warm but fall is kicking in here so I've gotten some wear time in. Firstly, as others have commented, the instructions for the sweater give an armhole measurement which is far too short. I made the 34" bust size which suggests a measurement of 6 - 1/2" but I knit to a length of 8". Maybe I just have a long bust to shoulder measurment? Otherwise I followed the pattern as usual. I bought a cute little lacy camisole at Penny's to wear under it as the neckline was a bit low for me. I honestly have to say this is one of the cuter and more wearable sweater's I've made. No one believes I made it myself. (Or maybe they just doubt my abilities?) 

Finally Got a Picture

I finished the shaped lace tee a couple of weeks ago, and finally got a picture of it at my dad's surprise birthday party.  Here's the picture.

I really enjoyed working on this sweater and the pattern was easy to follow.  I would definitely make another one.  I love how sexy it is.  It's revealing but not revealing at the same time.  I wore it to work last week, and one of the girls at work came up to me and said "at first I thought you weren't wearing a bra, but I know you and you wouldn't do that".  I just smiled and winked at her then walked away with my top and fleshed colored bra in all it's glory. lol!!!!

New Member of KAL

I am happy to be part of this KAL! I have been working on the Shaped Lace Tee. Although I’ve had the book and been admiring it for awhile now, this is my first project from it. Here is a progress picture showing the back done to about 1.5 inches below the armhole shaping.  I'm using the Cascade sierra yarn in ivory as shown in the book.

It is so fun to see all the items everyone has made! I like so many of the patterns in the book, but the next ones I hope to try are the Racerback Tank and Lacy Summer Socks.

Sarah http://knitting-kitten.blogspot.com/

party dress with knit bodice... sort of

Here is the FO although technically it is not a "dress". Decided not to sew the two pieces together (boring rumination on my blog

This is a cross between the Party Dress bodice and the Racerback Tank with Mesh Sides (although no mesh in mine). Knitted in Cascade Fixation.

More info at the blog.

Pretty Purple Socks...

I finished these socks about a month ago, but did not have an opportunity to create a post.  My pictures are a bit light.  The color is actually a beautiful Plum color.  I used the K1C2  Ambrosia yarn as suggested in the pattern.  This is an absolutely wonderful yarn to work with.  The end product is very soft and stretchy.  I know I will be reaching for these socks frequently, especially when the weather turns cooler.  I am not an avid sock knitter, but this pattern has to be one of the best sock pattern's that I have ever knitted.  It is very well written and has increased my interest in socks knitted toe up.  I highly recommended this pattern for those who are new to sock knitting and would like something more interesting than an simple stockinette stitch.  I will certainly knit these a few more times...On to my next project!  Bed Jacket or Trumpet Skirt? 

Party Dress with Knit Bodice?

Hi all: I don't think I've introduced myself before here although I joined some time back and have been lurking.  Everyone's stuff looks great!

I had started the Mesh-sided Leggings but just frogged what I had done (not much).  Nothing wrong with the pattern... just figured that I've got enough leggings and can get more very cheaply, so wanted to use the Cascade for something else.

In this regard, I hope to start the Party Dress with Knit Bodice tomorrow.  Has anyone else done this?  I'm doing a bit of a cheat... I bought a frou frou skirt today to attach (saw some great vintage crinolines, but at $75 and up each I thought I'd go for something a bit cheaper instead).

Take care,

Kristina