I told you I was going to do it! Bye, bye sweater!
No more sweater.
Hey, there’s a sweater!
Once again, now that I’m actually knitting it again, I have to say how delightfully lovely Cotton Fleece is. It drapes like a dream, and I love this color! When I hold it up to me, I feel all… girly! Even though it’s orange.
I have messed with it a little bit. I wanted to knit the 44 inch size, because my chest will never fit into a 38 inch sweater, no matter how thin I get, and 44 is the next one up. BUT, the 44 inch size has an even number of cable panels. I like it better when it has an odd number, causing one panel to go right up the middle of the sweater, like in the photo. SO, I’m starting my cables one rib in from the sides. My only concern is how it will look along the armholes, but I think it will be fine. Having the sweater mostly knit before I frogged it, I had the luxury of trying it out with both the “odd number effect”, and the “even number effect”, shifting the sweater back and forth until I could decide what I liked. The odd number of cables won out.
July 24th, 2005 at 11:08 pm
Are you knitting that with a single strand of cotton fleece or are the pictures tricking me?
Having to double the yarn is the one thing that has kept me from knitting this. So warm…so bulky…
Love the color and LOVE Cotton Fleece. I knit my last project with Cotton Fleece on Addis (which I normally don’t love). It was like knitting air it was so smooth.
July 25th, 2005 at 1:57 am
Funny, I didn’t even think of that… how the cables would be placed on my body. I happen to be wearing mine today, so after I read your post I looked down and low and behold there were two cables down the middle instead of one. Hmmm. This doesn’t bother me of course, but I did find it interesting that I never noticed the difference before. 🙂
July 25th, 2005 at 2:50 am
christyn- it’s knit with the yarn doubled. Personally, I’ve never seen this as a summer top, I’ve always looked at it as a layering piece.
Katie- I’m just neurotic.
July 25th, 2005 at 3:12 am
Yay for knitting. Erm, yes. An odd number of cables looks best, imo. I can’t wait to see it done…say next Wednesday? =)
Now to actually email you…
Oh, why soymilk? Just because or… Sounds interesting; maybe I’ll have to try that too someday.
July 26th, 2005 at 2:12 am
Just wanted to post because I knit that top. Yours is looking great!
I knit the 38″ size for my 41″ bust, and it worked. I did an extra row of single crochet around the sides, which gave it a little extra room. But, really, I don’t know that it needed it! It’s SUPER stretchy. Oh, and I did it in Cotton Fleece, too. It seems a little holey to me, so I’m drying it. In the dryer. And it’s a little long. I’m hoping all that clears up….
July 26th, 2005 at 7:30 am
You never cease to amaze me…