Repairing an Intarsia Sweater (35 years old!) // Casual Friday S7E04
This week's podcast has several Finish it February successes, including a pair of finished socks, progress on the spinning for a future sweater, and the repair of a 35 year old intarsia sweater.
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The sweater I'm wearing is "A Serviceable Sweater," published in 1918. You can find my Ravelry project page here, with information about the pattern and yarn used: https://ravel.me/Rox/ass
SHOW NOTES
OLD YARN, NEW SOCKS
Yarn: Opal 4-ply in the Save the Seas Hundertwasser colorway
Pattern: No pattern. I use the techniques for knitting custom fit socks that are in my written sock tutorial, August Sock KAL: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
The heel that I used is called a Plain Heel. Video here: • Plain heel aka "Insta-thought" heel /...
I made modifications for the heel to fit my foot. Video on how to make those mods here: • Modifying the Plain/"Insta-thought" H...
The toe I used is the Round Toe. Cuff down version here: • Short or Long Round Sock Toe (Cuff Do...
Toe up version here: • Short or Long Round Sock Toe (Toe Up)...
FINISH IT FEBRUARY SPINNING UPDATE
Fiber: WAM (wool, alpaca, mohair) from Get Bentz Farm: https://getbentzfarm.com/shop
FIX IT FEBRUARY INTARSIA SWEATER REPAIR
Original pattern is from the book Knitting Sweaters for Kids, published in 1986. It is out of print, but can be found used: https://amzn.to/3I3nBLO
The sweater was knit with worsted weight yarn. I used two strands of Cascade Heritage, which is a light fingering weight yarn, to match the gauge of the original yarn.
Assia Brill's help cannot be overstated. She explained that she learned the technique from "Great Knits. Texture and Colour Techniques from Threads, 1995. On pages 58-61, in the article by Rick Mondragon, a genius easy method of working intarsia is described. It’s called Rick Mondragon’s Sliding Loop for Intarsia."
You can see Assia's helpful post, along with her drawings here: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rox-r...
If you have questions about this video, or suggestions for future videos, please let me know down in the comments or on social media.
0:00 Introduction
0:23 Old Yarn, New Socks
8:00 FIF: Spinning Update
11:37 FIF: Intarsia Sweater Repair
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