Awesome Summer Sweater!

This is just about my favorite sweater I've knit so far! It's knit in Berroco Bonsai Colors, which is a bamboo yarn, and the color is called Bora Bora. I had begun a different shrug-type of sweater with this yarn, but I realized that after I'd gotten a good third of it completed, it wasn't a style that would look very good on me. So there I go, unraveling things again. This pattern was in the same book as the shrug, so I thought this might work for the yarn I had. I was concerned that when I had knit this multi-colored yarn, the color banding would be unflattering on me. But I persevered, and when I had the back done, I kept flapping it on me to help me decide if I should proceed. I decided it would probably work, thought not 100% certain. I finished this sweater up just yesterday (day before Memorial Day 2010), and WOW! It's a perfect fit, and it looks great on me. What more could I ask for? And I do love working with bamboo yarn, it's so very soft and the drape on this yearn is pretty incredible. Now on to my next bamboo project...

Springtime Knitting

It's hard to take pictures of this one, as the garment construction is really unique. It has a waterfall front, and the yoke of the garment sits on the back. I like this sweater, but I'm not entirely sure that I am done with it. This one is my lesson in pattern alterations, and how you have to pay attention when changing one thing, as it will affect other things. I altered the width of the sleeves because I wanted them to be slightly drape-y and not too snug, but this alteration also made the yoke longer than expected in the back. Because of the way the garment is made, the back of the sweater is suppose to be long, but the front was coming out too short (due to the alteration). So I added some stitches to the front drape-y parts, but I really think I should have added even more. This sweater was completed in mid-April 2010, and I used Berroco Origami yarn, which is a really unique, cord-like yarn in the color Sunset. This yarn is best suited for a loose knit, and I really like the texture of this sweater a lot. I'd like to use this yarn again for something, maybe a vest. When I come up with a final plan for making this sweater the way I had wanted it, I'll post that!