MG: eponymous

didn't know where to put my arm

eponymous (guess i was feeling cheeky when i started this sweater): pattern-based on Elizabeth Zimmermann's seamless raglan. knitted to my measurements; negative ease around the bust; postive ease around the upper arms. body knitted from the bottom up in the round, then cardiganized with a steek. sleeves knitted top down from provisional cast-ons at the yoke. yarn-four skeins (100 grams) of Araucania Nature Wool in color #03 (100% wool). thank you, Kitty Kitty! :) needles-4.25mm clover circular (US6) for stocking stitch in the body; 3.75 addi natura circular (US5) for ribbing in the body; 3.9mm clover mini circulars for upper sleeves; 4.5mm clover mini circular for lower sleeves; 2.25mm clover DPNs (US1)for ribbing on cuffs.

trying to show you the decorative de/increases

MG: button-ready

i have sleeves. they are not really as bulbous as they appear in the photo; it's probably the perspective and the way they are folded. four sleeves' worth of knitting resulted in these two. i knew i wanted relatively fitted sleeves at the top then gentle sloping outwards to a puff at the cuffs, but it took some trial-and-error knitting. knitting everything in one piece and being able to try on the cardigan as i went was extremely useful. there are yarn-over increases along the inside of the arm, and i exploited needle-size changes to help shape the sleeves. i like them.


i have buttonbands--neat and trim buttonbands. photos below. words on picking up and finishing the steek at Zimmermania.

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i need buttons. but i don't know which sort.

MG: i steeked

eponymous is moving along, and i steeked! photos below; details at Zimmermania.

MG: discombobulated

hi there. i'm here. things are hard. it's hard to describe where i am; don't know if it's still all too close to understand what things mean or if i'm overwhelmed or both. probably both. mostly, i feel (as the title indicates) discombobulated.

i'm trying to reconcile "failed PhD" into my identity, but what's hardest at the moment is the daily feeling of aimlessness. my days suddenly feel pointless. i'm no longer sure what i'm working towards.


meanwhile, i've started a new sweater with some lovely vegetable-dyed Araucania Nature Wool. knitting around and around--knit stitch after knit stitch--in a soft wool is comforting right now, like a good yoga pose one can sink into: my brow softens, my lips soften, the knot in my stomach softens, my heart softens. this sweater (already dubbed eponymous) will be a cardigan, so i'm heading towards my very first steek.


i try to bring home something new from the farmer's market every week. a few weeks ago, it was the beautiful creatures below. romanescos. the little one is about the size of a navel orange, the large one a grapefruit. a little googling revealed them beloved by mathematicians for their fractal and fibonacci qualities. surreal and tasty.