I decided to knit a second sweater from Twinkle's Big City Knits. There were errors in this pattern too, but I've had enough knitting experience now to correct them. It's called the Coco Sweater, but I left off the four pockets and changed the colors, so the design isn't very Coco anymore. What I love about this pattern is the crochet edging. I'm just learning crochet and this was my first project that included it. The sweater is made with three strands of cotton (and various other fibers at different percents) held together. The finished sweater weighs about eight pounds, but it drapes nicely. I'm afraid it's going to seriously sag after a day's wearing. It also snags on everything, so even though it only took four full days to knit it, it will probably have a short life.
The pants were based on Vogue Alice + Olivia pattern 2981 for city shorts that I lengthened. This pattern has the best fly method & instructions I've seen. I used a wool poly blend fabric with a slight stretch and they feel comfortable.
4 comments:
Hi! You *could* redo the crocheted edging, and make it thinner. I think then it would not pull down on your sweater. Beautiful work!
The crochet edging isn't pulling down on the sweater, it's the weight of the knitted body combined with the looseness of the knitting (size 15 needles). If anything, the edging is the only bit of structure than keeps everything in place. This was very saggy sweater before the edge was added.
I also knitted items that I know I will never wear...
Try to sell it on etsy...
Altough unnoticeable, pants are great.
This is a really pretty sweater.
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