Time to blog about the alpaca project.
This pullover was an attempt to make a rather simple knit with a few details, namely the ridges with reversed stockinette and the shape of the sleeves.
I had 6 skeins of Berroco Ultra Alpaca in my stash, 2 of each of the three colors. I never got to the point when I was 100 percent sure of how to place the colors, I just knew that I wanted broad stripes and that the stripes of the sleeve weren't going to match the ones on the body. I simply rushed into it and didn't plan where to change the colors before i knit it. Maybe I should've done that. Well, next time perhaps.
I had to rip the collar a couple of times as it didn't turn out as I wanted. Pretty much because I hadn't decided on anything specific! I first thought about making a big collar, which somehow would've matched the sleeves, but instead I ended up making it rather tight. (I can ditch the kerchief then.)
Overall I'm pleased with the result. I already use it outside in the rather cold spring chill.
7 comments:
Suuuper cool!! Den er meget, meget tjekket! Smukt design du der har lavet - jeg kan ret godt lide at striberne er så tilfældige/spontane - det giver sweateren en interessant vinkel.
:-) Britt
I like the random stripes, love the colours and those bell sleeves are brilliant!
lise - the pullover looks fantastic! love the color combo and how the stripes came out.
You succeeded brilliantly with your project! I love the stripes and the beautiful lines of this pullover. It looks so nice!
oh...beautiful,lovely color choices.
Lovely stripes and great sleeves!
Lovely sweater! The sleeves bell very elegantly (I shudder to think of the results if I had attempted such at thing), and the colors are wonderfully earthy and versatile--they could go spring or fall.
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