Friday, 27. October 2006
Marianne Revisited!!
knitting_keeps_me_sane, 12:58h
What I did not share with the blog was, that after taking the picture and contemplating the uber-long sleeves and body, I... ripped. No pictures, it was too painfull.
I took off 3" of each sleeve, and ripped the body down to 4". Then I reknit the whole she-bang, using considerably less yarn - tried it on, and almost went into a fit over how SHORT it was! Solution:
Rip out the double hem, knit another 3" down, add a picot hem (Added bonus: Now all hems are doubled with picots! yes!).
Before throwing it in the washer, it fit quite well as you can see from the picture:
Marianne, Revisited
Finally! I love this sweater, and the lace patterns work out way better now, in the shrunken versions.
My only beef with Marianne? It is too loose in the body. I just could not be bothered to rip the whole body out - AGAIN - and reknit it!
Stats
Yarn: Evilla 5/2 in Grey/Green, exactly 288g.
Pattern: My own, entirely, with a faint nod to Elizabeth Zimmermann's Percentage System. Raglan, bottom up, with picot hems.
Time: Since I knit this twice, around a month - three months for finishing it the first time, then it marinated for a few months, and then another week to finish it the second time.
Needles: 4 and 3.5 mm Holz and Stein Ebony needles :-)
Comments: Love this yarn. Love the needles. Now, I love the end product too!!
Following this, I will spend some time on the denim baby sweater - my knitting time is sparse because of the inordinate amount of time I spend rehearsing the organ, and doing houseduties ;-)
Have a really nice day
Lene
I took off 3" of each sleeve, and ripped the body down to 4". Then I reknit the whole she-bang, using considerably less yarn - tried it on, and almost went into a fit over how SHORT it was! Solution:
Rip out the double hem, knit another 3" down, add a picot hem (Added bonus: Now all hems are doubled with picots! yes!).
Before throwing it in the washer, it fit quite well as you can see from the picture:
Marianne, Revisited
Finally! I love this sweater, and the lace patterns work out way better now, in the shrunken versions.
My only beef with Marianne? It is too loose in the body. I just could not be bothered to rip the whole body out - AGAIN - and reknit it!
Stats
Yarn: Evilla 5/2 in Grey/Green, exactly 288g.
Pattern: My own, entirely, with a faint nod to Elizabeth Zimmermann's Percentage System. Raglan, bottom up, with picot hems.
Time: Since I knit this twice, around a month - three months for finishing it the first time, then it marinated for a few months, and then another week to finish it the second time.
Needles: 4 and 3.5 mm Holz and Stein Ebony needles :-)
Comments: Love this yarn. Love the needles. Now, I love the end product too!!
Following this, I will spend some time on the denim baby sweater - my knitting time is sparse because of the inordinate amount of time I spend rehearsing the organ, and doing houseduties ;-)
Have a really nice day
Lene
