This pattern is one of the surprises from the most recent knitty. The link can be found [COLOR=Magenta][B]here[/B][/COLOR] . [COLOR=Black]You might remember my[/COLOR] [COLOR=Magenta][B]Green Gable saga[/B][/COLOR] with the revenge of the dye lots a few weeks back. This is what I started making instead. It has gone really fast, despite being stockinette NOT in the round - wow, I am sure not used to all that purling! :shock: I’ve alternated dye lots every couple of inches, which you can’t really see all that well in the pictures but it’s actually a really nice subtle stripe effect. I am SO happy with how the picot hem came out too, I had my doubts but I sewed it one stitch at a time (170 stitches, again… :shock:), it took me a good 45 minutes or so, but it was so worth it.
Next, I’ve started on the i-cord for the applied i-cord tie/neckband, then I’ll go back and do the sleeves and weave in ends and it will be done. It is a VERY straight forward, easy to follow pattern.
That looks great! You can’t even tell that you used two different dye lots. I have started this also except on a smaller gauge, and I find it to be easy as well.
Cate, the hem was SO easy. I’d never done anything like it before so I was nervous too, but all it is is a yo, K2tog row, followed by a couple more inches of straight stockinette which is then bound off. You fold the hem right at the eyelet row, then with your yarn tail (I left a LONG tail and it wasn’t long enough) in a tapestry needle, you start inserting it through the first bound off stitch, then through a purl bump on the back of your work, then through the second bound off stitch and the next purl bump on the same row, etc. It took a while and was a bit tedious but it came out great.
And no, I’m not going to do the leaves at the bottom of the ties. I made one leaf and it was much bigger than I thought it would be plus I just didn’t like how it looked. So I’m just doing plain i-cord and I may buy some kind of beads or something to sew to the bottoms of the ties.
I’ll try to add a picture of me wearing it later, but for now, here it is!!! :happydance:
I made the sleeves shorter than the pattern says, and I did the sleeves in the round instead of flat - I don’t know why they weren’t written in the round in the first place.:shrug:
I’m not sure about the i-cord tie, it seems so bulky when it’s tied so I’m considering ripping the i-cord tie parts back and just leaving the i-cord neck edging, and using some kind of ribbon as a tie instead. We’ll see!
Ooh, pretty!