Hi! Well, I finished it in time for a 3 day air-conditioned event that we must attend this coming Fri-Sun! Then we are off to the wilderness for a week!
[B] The Yarn:[/B] Malabrigo Merino, 10 full skeins
[B] The Color:[/B] “natural”…undyed, and very very soft because of it
[B] The Pattern:[/B] “Grove”
[B] The Designer:[/B] Elsebeth Lavold
[B] The Book:[/B] Out of the Woods Book#13
Comments about the yarn: Malabrigo is warm, without being hot. I wore this coat outside today (sunny!) for a quite a length of time …and I wasn’t hot or uncomfortable! Nice, huh?
This pattern, for all it looks easy…was a nightmare filled with pattern errors and language ambiguities. And what made it worse, the designer doesn’t include schematics in her books. Not one. Not even little ones. Fortunately, she will respond quickly to pattern questions that revolve around pattern errors. But not before I was yanking out my hair. :hair: Was the pain and agony worth it? Definitely! It fits wonderfully, and for the most part, the knitting went quickly. I blocked the pattern pieces before seaming. I was shocked how much dirt washed out! I use Unicorn Fiber Wash and Rinse. I don’t know if the dirt embedded in the yarn while I was knitting it, or if it came pre-installed! But I am certainly glad I washed, rinsed and blocked the pieces! Phew!
I am blocking out that little crease at the top of the sleeve now.
Thanks Nathalie! I cast on for this coat on May 1st. The knitting was done quite a while ago. The washing, rinsing and blocking took forever. My blocking board would only hold so much at a time…so I had to to the BACK by itself, the FRONTS by themselves, and the SLEEVES by themselves. Then, the HOOD had to be knitted onto the seamed coat. Then it had to be blocked. Then the seaming, then the buttons, then the tinkering around with the blocked seams. But, this coat had to be just so.
I am glad it’s done! :passedout: It was a pain, but worth the effort.
I posted a lot of notes in my Ravelry notebook. Anyone who is thinking about knitting this coat should read my notes. They may help you through the bumps-in-the-road. Wish someone at Ravelry had posted notes. One girl did knit the full-length version, but she doesn’t post finished photographs. Nor does she include any notes. I know she MUST have had trouble with it. The full-length version had one less pattern error than the short version. But I discovered numerous pattern errors and ambiguities. The other girl doesn’t utter a peep about her experiences with the pattern. I find that rather odd.
No, you didn’t imagine it! I knit every night from 9 pm til 3 am.
I sleep from 3 am til 9 am. :eyebrow: Our 5 children are all married and
out of the house, and I’m self-employed…which means I am finally
free to do what I want with my time!
It is just beautiful and you look wonderful in it!:cheering:
I have been trying to actually make something for myself and 3 days ago I cast on Puruvian Tweed to make the “Wrapigan”. That will keep me busy for a while, but it looks to be very easy. BUT, if I had seen this first I would have chosen it to do for myself!
I will have to read your notebook and decide on yarn and it will be the SECOND thing I will make for myself!
(I am starting to be convinced that there are really two of you, you must have a twin to get all of this knitting done!:teehee:
Jen:knitting:
P.S. Edited to say: O.k. Change of plans! I read your Notes and I am always up for a challange, but I’m not crazy about aggravations!:wall: and I think this project would probably make me cry:waah: I think I will try to find something similar, but with an easier pattern! Thanks for giving the heads up about reading your notes!!
J.
:yay:
