Steeking and pictures from the trip!!

Well, well. This week was devoted to steeking. This was the first time a did it myself (with lots of help from Gummi, whose first time was also this!).

Before steeking the lopapeysa, I made a little exercise.

Harebell Fichu

Remember the Harebell fichu that I knitted a few weeks ago? As soon as I finished it and bloked it I had the impression that it had turned put to be TOO big to be held around any woman's shoulders. I actually tried it on several friends and yes... it is too big to tie it in front. So, I decided to cut the bands so it can be used wrapped around the neck and shoulders and maybe held with a brooch if desired.


This was the perfect moment to try to cut a knitted piece as a practice before cutting the big project: Eva's hoodie lopapeysa.

The first step: Using a sewing machine back and forth:

After that the place to cut is secured and ready for the action:

Now... scissors:

And voilà, the band is gone!:

After cutting I made a single crochet edge to make it look better:

And now it is REALLY ready to be used!!

So, after the little training we were ready to take the big task: Cutting the lopapeysa.

The steps are the same:

Sewing to secure the edges.

Back and forth on each purling.

Let the action begin!

Be careful with the blade of the scissor that you don't see... I almost cut the back of the cardigan!

Getting to the yoke.

Almost there!

And done!

Then the crochet edge:

Now it is ready to get the zipper!

I must admit that the idea of cutting the knitting sounds TERRIBLE and SCARY but it is not! The important thing, in the case of a cardigan, is to make the "path" where the sewing will go. In this case I made a colums made up of two purled stitches. Then the sewing machine dies it all! In this case I also made a double sewing on both edges so I could cut between them.

So, don't be scared of doing this! I think it is very difficult to mess it all.

Today I am going to visit my friend (who is a seamstress) to put the zipper... I think that dointg that goes a lot over my sewing skills... that are very little in fact :)

Finally, as I promised here are some pictures of my last trip to the East Fjords!

Alex gave the idea of making a clip... which was brilliant! Other wise I would have had to upload TONS of pictures! The only problem with the clip is that the resolution of pictures is lost a little bit... but I guess it looks alright :)

I hope you enjoy it!