For me, design is an ongoing process. I'm not one of those knitters who gets everything perfect on the first pass. After I complete a garment and wear it (sometimes for more than a year!), I frequently decide to make modifications/improvements. Such is the case with the tunic sweater I knitted around this time last year. I wore it all last winter, but never got around to publishing it. Last week, while waiting for some mail-ordered wool to arrive for Isabel's Xmas sweater, I took the plunge and frogged the entire body of the sweater up to about an inch below the underarms. I re-skeined the wool (Cascade Eco+), washed it to remove the kinks, then re-knitted and wet-blocked the whole thing. The goal was to shorten the front body to about hip length while making the back lower by around one and a half inches by means of short rows (German short rows, but that's a whole other post). I also widened the strip at the sides between the pairs of increases. It's not easy to make chunky yarn drape nicely, but I'm hoping to have achieved that. [As an aside, is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that Cascade Eco+ doesn't seem as chunky as it used to?] To make a long story short, here's the result:
As for how this looks and drapes on a human body, you'll have to wait for more photos when I have a model available.
We're having a remarkably un-snowy winter so far, although there appears to be some threat of a return of the polar vortex later, apparently an ironic result of arctic warming. With the solstice happening later this week, I've really been enjoying the little spots of red in local decoration. Look at how these home owners have used red burlap to wrap their shrubs. So cleverly festive!
And last Saturday, while I was Xmas shopping on the main drag in Picton, the library was offering a venue for pet photos. So pretty and fun! (Take note, Melania, that spots of red are festive, while
seas of red are just plain creepy.)
Isabel's wool has still not arrived, so this morning I might just cast on
Churchmouse Yarns' men's necktie with a lone ball of Regia calling to me from the stash. The pattern is free. What about you? Any last minute projects?
