Eyelets, lots of 'em
Pattern: Eyelet Pullover, Gedifra Highlights 41
Yarn: Gedifra Modern Cotton in 3219 Pink
Needles: US8
It fits! It fits! And the sleeves drape so well.
Modifications galore on this one: longer sleeves, narrower body, shorter body, different neck, different hem. In short, a re-engineered pattern. Next time I'll reference Ann Budd's sweater book; I was feeling adventurous and ploughed ahead on my own. I added eyelets to the bottom of the front and back, and in the picture the hem's still rolling but that's because I need to block it. I reduced the number of cast-on stitches for both front and back and recalculated the decreases for a shorter body. I also redid the neck because I didn't like the roll-thing happening on the original pattern. I lengthened the sleeves at the forearm before the elbow. The eyelets are deceiving, though, because they are hard to measure correctly, being so elastic. As a result, instead of skimming my wrist bone the sleeves cover my knuckles. Well, that's okay. Click here for a full recap of this project.
I figured I should work on the rest of my projects before starting any new ones. I'm almost done with the rainforest colonial roving, and I'm halfway with the right side of the smock jacket. I'm thinking of what to take with me as a project; right now it's either socks or a mini Bobbi Bear. I have the pattern and I'm going to resize it for worsted yarn, but that could be a hassle. So I'm thinking socks at this point. As for pattern and yarn I'll have to look around...
Reading: Finished both Queen Noor's and James Patterson's books. Queen Noor's autobiography was very interesting. She speaks very candidly about Middle East politics, Jordan's role in it, and her life with King Hussein. Hers was a Cinderella story. The 3rd Degree by Patterson was less choppy than his other books, for which I was glad. There were still some loose ends, but then again I really wasn't expecting it to be brilliant. Has anyone read Sue Grafton's alphabet series, and would they recommend it?
Not reading anything this week, just packing!
Wow, that looks like a supremely comfy sweater. quite beautiful.
I really like your modifications. The color and fit looks wonderful on you. Enjoy it!
Beautiful job! The mods are great, and that is is poi-fect colorway on you :-).
Gorgeous! You did a wonderful job changing it up to suit you. Very, very nice! Enjoy it!
I'm so impressed! I love it, love it love it! The sleeves really do drape beautifully. Fantastic Job!
what a perfect fit - go you - it drapes beautifully! the color is great - though it doesn't look pink to me! - and i love that the seam on the sleeves shows, it adds a really pretty twirly effect on the arms.
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I have read the Sue Grafton alphabet series and they are quick easy reads. If you like a good detective story you will enjoy them, I did. One of my favorite summer reads was The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart.
Beauty! The sleeves look really cool, I love that soft spiraling.
It's been a while since I've read one of Grafton's books. I remember really liking them at first and like aimee said, they are a quick read, and I remember a line where she's broken into a guy's room to snoop and says something like "he bought the kind of soap with pubic hairs already in it" or something like that and it made a big impression on me as I was either pre-pubic hair or it was still very new to me...so they are funnny and charming, but I found them a bit repetitive after a while. Read until you get bored ;)
Way to go, MJ--it looks fabulous! It looks like it would be a nice sweater for CA weather too--breathable for those warm days. Great work and I love that color :)
woohoo! your sweater looks amazing. i'm so impressed!
yey! it looks lovely!!!! love the sleeves, what a great way to stay cool and comfortable but not be all - hey, look at my arms! (sorry, i have a thing about my upper arms so appreciate such genius...)
packing - where are you off to? somewhere where you can show off this lovely sweater?!
becks
Love the sweater and especially the eylets around the bottom of the torso.
Since you re-engineered this pattern, I like the sweater so much more. Truly beautiful and you did an outstanding job. That's a great sweater and it looks so good on you. The original one I didn't like so much, your version, however is wonderful.
Sue Grafton's Alphabet series is ok. My favorite is actuall either Sara Paretsky (V.I. Warshawski series) or Marcia Muller's mystery series. But Sue G. has lots of fans that enjoy them. I'm sure you won't go wrong.
When do you leave? Is this the trip to Germany? Have fun!
Oh and thanks for mentioning Queen Noor's autobiography. I'd been wanting to read that and forgot about it. I will have to check that out.
Lovely colour and drape on your sweater. I like the first photo, just like a magazine shot. Isn't it fun to finish? Looking forward to more finishing.
Your sweater looks wonderful, and I definitely think your hem and neckline modifications are an improvement over the original pattern. The eyelets at the hem tie it in so well with the sleeves.
Lovely! The eyelets are beautiful. Great knitting!
i love the eyelet sweater! i hear that software for sweaters is really great too.
Such a pretty pullover - love those sleeves! You did a lovely job and it's a great colour on you. You're very brave to take on all those modifications but it bodes well for all future projects.
It suit you real well, and it's pretty! Good job ;)
Wow, that is gorgeous! Congrats! I'm totally impressed. :)
That's lovely. I really love the big sleeves too - I like sleeves that come over the hands. Such a pretty knit!
The sweater looks great! I love your modifications.
Gorgerous sweater ! It looks perfectt on you !
great color and love those breezy sleeves.
That looks so beautiful on you! Such a great color with your skin tone and hair color. Love it, love it!
Love the eyelets you added it, great touch!
Your sweater is stunning. Once again, you have done an amazing job. As for reading, I have Noor's book and am looking for something to read in between Strange and Norrell so I think I'll give it a try (just finished Wicked by Gregory Maguire - really liked it).
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. I look forward to the day that I can knit like you, wow! Thanks for sending the info I needed.
You rock.
Laura
Your sweater looks gorgeous as always! I just wanted to thank you for posting comments on my blog! It makes me so happy to see that someone else actually reads it! I hope you have a great trip!
always love looking at your sweaters. fits you so well ;)
That's a beautiful sweater... the eyelets are perfection :-) I must have said this 100 times already but the colour is soooooo nice!