My daughter kept mentioning her cold arms and the need for something to remedy the problem, so I decided to give one of the ubiquitous shrugs a try. After showing her the selection from the summer issue of Interweave Knits, she chose the ribbed shrug. I seemed easy enough, but I hadn't counted on the wrist factor--knitting endless 1 x 1 rib is not kind to my hands and wrists.
I had a few false starts on this one, trying to get gauge. The recommended needle size for the pattern was US 10 1/2. I didn't like the looseness of the resulting fabric, though, so I dropped down to size 8s. Unfortunately, I also decided to decrease the stitch count, since my daughter is very slender, and I made it halfway through the shrug before deciding it was too small even for her. So...rip, redo, here we go again! I went back to the original stitch count, although I decreased the number of rows for the ruffle (which I thought was just too big.)
Here's what's really weird, though. I used only half of the yarn I ordered--three skeins of Classic Elite Four Seasons, 87 yards each. The pattern called for three skeins of Paton's Katrina at 163 yards each, so I was surprised to use so much less! I'm not sure now what will happen to the remaining three skeins. I will tell you the Four Seasons yarn is nice...it's 80% cotton, 20% wool, very easy to knit with. I generally don't like the inflexibilty of cotton, and the sometimes dry feeling it has. This yarn has a little more bounce and softness to it.
At any rate, here's the final product.
A little too warm for outside wear...but hopefully just right in those chilly indoor spaces!
5 comments:
First of all I love Andrew's room-looks great and I am sure that he likes it!!! And Emily just gets cuter with each picture! I love the shrug! Are you getting ready for vacation? I am still struggling with my bag-maybe I am trying toooooooooo hard!
Take care!
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The shrug looks great. She might like the One Skein Wonder from Glampyre, too. I knit one of those for Hannah and it was a hit.
Cute, cute, cute, cute CUTE!
And the shrug's very nice, too.
It looks great on her. Just perfect for summer. Good job :)
Very nice! She looks great in it and it's what you need in a movie theatre or grocery store in summer.
I hope you're having a great vacation!
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