Jen Jasperson

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Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· 6d

I hang it on a thumbtack (the kind that sticks out like a peg) or a nail. Pic of some cords as an example. Lots of holes in wall, but it works and I don't go crazy! The rubber band sticks enough that they don't slip and uncurl. Hair ties also work for this if you want to color code them the same.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· 8d

Couldn't decide which shot I liked best, so uploaded all 4. My sweaters take so long that the manufacturers often discontinue the yarn before I finish. That was true with BOTH the yarns I held together on this Diona Tee! But I found more, so the sleeves continue to get longer. Same cables on back.

Knitter with a pixie cut as the 3x model, wearing a raglan crewneck in plum, high neck, with cable antler overlapping pattern down the entire front panel. The sleeves have a K2, P2 rib all the way down to the elbow, where they remain unfinished.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· 20d

@knitsky I have a FO! needs buttons stitched on at waistband. Pattern: Maiija Crossover on Rav. I paired a fingering wt merino-silk w/ a mohair. Size 10 US needles. De Rerum Natura is lovely yarn. In Oursin. Had yarn 🐓 as it was sold out nearly worldwide! I may have bought the last ones! Sweating!😅

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· 25d

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Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Apr 19

#showmeyourknits Cowls week! I have made so many cowls. Many were gifted. The most difficult was the doubleknit Om Shanti cowl by Owlcat Designs. I lost the first one, so I made another, but it was really a slog! Mistakes were made. I went down a needle 2/3 of the way up and it was perfect.

The blue side of the Om Shanti cowl. Made with Madelinetosh Pashmina in Baroque Violet and Grasshopper, until I ran out of the violet and used Ella Rae something in Ocean. It helped tighten up the top, which made it perfect around the neck. This the old cowl that I lost.

This is the reverse Grasshopper side of the Om Shanti cowl. The swahili text is in reverse colors since it's doubleknit, but it's not backwards, because it's complicated! It's not a mirror image like most doubleknits. I do miss this cowl very much, and I made another, but I don't like the colors I chose for the new one :(

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Apr 14

#showmeyourknits cables week ~ you got it. This was designed as a tee, but I doubled up on the yarn and it's going to be a sweater. The sleeves are longer now, halfway to the elbow, just no new photo. It's the Diona Tee by Sari Nordlund. And yes, there are mistakes in there! But who could tell??

A purple 2x1 ribbed tee with a mock neck and an intricate cable panel taking up the center portion of the front. The sleeves are on stitch holders. They are raglan style and also knit in 2x1 rib.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Apr 14

Here's a mid-project sneak peek of my progress on Annabelle Cardigan (not my pattern). I want about another 8-10 cm for the sleeves, and then I leave the armpit holes and continue the bottom-up raglan yoke. Anyone have any tips? Never done this type of sweater before. #knitsky

Two colorwork sleeves in progress, variegated blues and teals on a maroon background in a graphic flower motif.

The knitter is modeling the lower half of the cardigan, like a tube, and also has the patially-constructed sleeves on her arms to just above the elbows. The uncut steek is shown in the center. It looks tight, but the sweater is actually 56 inches around and after completed will have a button band added. Maker is a size 24 US with a 46" waist.

This is the same try-on photo but from an angle that shows the side of the sweater without the steek centerline.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Mar 30

#showmeyourknits colorwork I guess I really don't care much about color value. This is made with 5 colors of Lore by The Fibre Co. and mohair/silk by Up North Yarns (salamander) and Isager Alpaca 1 (midnight). #knitsky This isn't even gradient yarn -- I'm swapping colors of one yarn at a time.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Feb 6

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Feb 4

#showmeyourknits A very muted version of MidMod cowl by Sweaterfreak. Malabrigo worsted Inolvidable and Polar Morn. I feel like it looks like a worn out Turkish wool rug.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Feb 4

A new FO in some light, bright colors to verve up my winter blues. Cafevotten mittens by KO strikker. Yarn is Sandnes Garn Alpakka Ull, in ballet tutu and spicy orange. (Trying to work from my stash only, and this time it worked.) #knitsky

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Feb 4

#showmeyourknits gray week... Here is the first whole sweater I ever knitted! It is Verdure, by Ambah O'Brien. I did a sweater test knit. Lots of bobbles. Malabrigo worsted in Polar Morn.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Jan 26

Someone is appreciating the cat bed I knitted 🥰 Yarns used - 6 strands held together: in comments

a very pretty tortiseshell tabby with white chest rolling on its back enjoying a newly placed bulky knit cat bed on his cat tree perch.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Jan 16

Happily introducing Maple and Moose! #catsky

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 31

Oh, just the best picture I've ever taken... of a squirrel jumping from the chair into the bird feeder! And a very fat dove! Love this bird feeder.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 31

7 years in between R & L mittens. I used different yarn. A small moth-hole in the first one. Oof. Now I have another pair of shoveling mittens before midnight. Pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... A minimal pattern, so if you've never knitted a mitten, this isn't the place to start. #knitsky

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 30

Not a knit this time! Just a simple knob cover for my teakettle lid, which gets really hot! (Looks like I might have missed a tiny spot. It'll be okay.) This is Madelinetosh Vintage in Brick Dust.

A crocheted circular knob cover for a metal teakettle. The brown and gold circle is shown covering the knob on top of the kettle lid. The kettle is a deep, dark green enameled cast iron Staub 1.5 quart.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 30

My knitter's choice for #showmeyourknits is the Alexa Sweater I finished in January by designer Wollmuschi. Warmly knitted in Lang Merino+superwash & held with laceweight Cascade Heritage (teal) and Madelinetosh merino light - Lost in Trees (light aqua). www.ravelry.com/projects/spy... #knitting

Knitter is the model, sitting under a spruce tree and looking up into the camera, showing off the yoke of the sweater with its bands of colorwork in hunter green and light sage.

The turtleneck is laid out on pine boards dusted with snow and framed by a couple of bare branches.

The turtleneck is in the snow on the pine boards, but the bottom parts of the arms have been folded in different directions to reveal snow sticking to the back of it, posed like a person with hand on hip and waving to a friend.

The model is the knitter, standing on a dusty clearing next to a tree and looking out at the bay of Green Bay. It is mostly ice at that time of year, January.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 23

Honestly, not the best things I've ever made, but I've got that "both socks done" feeling and I like it. Adjustments were made for ankle and leg swelling.

Cosmos Sock pattern by Laura Menendez. Ribbed socks in variegated stripes of pink, spring green, navy blue, being worn by the knitter, legs crossed and resting on a black sheet with white cabbage roses.

The same pair of socks being worn, but photographed from above with legs resting on a rug with big tole painting designs of white daisies on dark gray.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 22

So, I can do brights instead of white for #showmeyourknits white & bright week? I have no whites (except for a crochet square)! But bright, I have. I call this my "WildaBeast" cowl, though it's officially an Inspira Cowl with a lining. My winter storm protection cowl. It stands up!

The reverse lining of the cowl is on the outside, which is a single skein of Louise Harding Amitola, I think in Hummingbird. It's a rainbow of bright stripes of hot pink, hot red, fuchsia, lavender, ice blues, royal blue, and plum.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 22

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 21

I would like the bounded area to be the worked heel, and the angle of the worked vertical ribbing to start higher. There's too much of it in the low heel section.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 20

This is the pattern pic for what I'm making vs how it fits my heel.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 20

I think I have a foot-shape problem- a ton of ankle edema- and that's causing some issue. The glass I tucked inside this sock shows what the issue might be, just a fat heel that sucks all the height out of the flap. I also think this is a weird flap (5 st in the center, d/c back and forth.)

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 17

Okay, truly, this was terrifying by every step. I ate so much junk stress eating while making this! My brother wanted this for Christmas so I had to! Madison-makes.com, Flyaway Cross Body Bag. #sewing

A crossbody bag in the style of a pigeon. It's quilt-pieced out of cotton solids (except for one piece of purple print around its neck), with gray body, teal and blue and gray head, black and white beak, and white wing with two black stripes going shortways. The eye is a yellow iris around a black pupil, all crocheted in a circle and stitched on. The bag has a gray webbing strap, by which the bag is hanging on the bar of a stashed ironing board resting up right against the wall.

Another picture of the same pigeon bag, being worn by the model. Only the model's black turtleneck top is visible in the background.

The same pigeon bag, but shown being unzipped. There is a beefy black zipper going from the top of the head down to the tail. The inside is lined in green and teal cotton - green on one side and teal on the other.

The maker models the pigeon crossbody bag, wearing her 'catburglar' outfit of black turtleneck and black leggings, with a rose pink beanie from Duluth Trading Company and a pair of large square glasses. She is standing in front of a potted ivy plant with her hands tucked behind her back.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 17

It fits, and I guess that's a win. The full-length ribbing helped it get around my XXW forefoot, and while I'm not a fan of the heel flap/cup style, it worked OK. I added 4 areas of pattern increases. Created a ripple at the top for ease, using 3:1 YOs before 2 more rounds and a regular bindoff. 🧶

The model has her foot resting on the doorjamb of her small workroom, which is wallpapered with pages from The Hobbit. One of the drawings from the illustrated paperback version of Beorn's Hall. The sock is variegated with pinks, greens, and blues.

The Cosmos Sock, with a few modifications, by Laura Menéndez.

The model is wearing the sock and standing on a black rubber yoga mat to show her forefoot stretching the ribbing out. There is a tiny piece of salt water taffy on the top of the sock that fell there due to the taffy being too old and crackly. That's why it was on sale.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 15

I'm not really a sock person, but here I am making a sock. Cosmos Sock pattern, by Laura Menéndez of Mimosa Cafe Lanar in North Spain. I'm using the Dewpoint (Taupunkt) colorway of Schoppelwolle Edition 3. #knitsky

A self-striping yarn has been knit into a sock, almost finished, lying on a black computer keyboard backlit with teal blue light. The sock is knitted toe-up and is mostly knitted with ribbing, starting just above the toe. The colors are light pink, navy blue, lime green. At the ankle, some increases have been worked in to accommodate some cankles.

Jen Jasperson@interstellarhomie· Dec 15

A cardi for #showmeyourknits cardi theme this week. Unfortunately, it doesn't fit me anymore. Details in the alt text.