frida
Thursday, October 15, 2020Oh boy, I uploaded all of these photos last week and then I forgot to write about it! Anyhow... here Frida is. And I am so happy with how she turned out!
I first saw this sweater from Jackie over at CadyJax. And when I RAN to check out her ravelry page I mistakingly took the amount of skeins she held together for the amount of skeins needed to knit the entire sweater. I kid you not. I bought 3 skeins of yarn thinking it was going to make a sweater. Jeez, this yarn must be magic! It didn't quite get the job done and I needed to make another trip to the yarn store. Let me tell you, this yarn is a DREAM to work with and to wear! It's just so light yet warm.The yoke consists of lacework that is very easy to follow. It contains "columns" in between each panel. I ended up carrying each "column" down the entire body of the sweater. (But not on the arms.) I think I needed this bit of interest because I knew I would be bored of the twisted rib.
I started the sleeves two at a time on magic loop and planned on just knitting until I ran out of yarn. Since you hold two strands of mohair and one strand of mohair tweed, I decided to use one cake of the mohair pulling from the inner and outer cake. After hearing my friend Nadine express her concern about the twisting of the yarn, I decided maybe that really wasn't such a great idea. I did a little research and found this video explaining exactly what Nadine was talking about. I ended up making two little balls and knitting the sleeves one at a time.
Pattern: Frida
Yarn: 6 skeins of Shibui Knits Silk Cloud/ 5 skeins Shibui Knits Tweed Silk Cloud. Both in Abbys.
Size: S
Mods: I made a couple of modifications. The first was that I cast on for the Medium because after casting on for the Small I was concerned that the neck would be too small. After finishing the ribbing I made sure to get the stitch count for the Small so that I could continue with the Small instructions. I also carried all of the "columns" down the entire body of the sweater.
I talked all about Frida and my new yarn purchase(s) over on Podcast 11.
I talked all about Frida and my new yarn purchase(s) over on Podcast 11.
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