{"id":1057,"date":"2011-07-03T20:21:18","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T10:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2011-07-03T20:21:18","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T10:21:18","slug":"pink-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=1057","title":{"rendered":"Pink"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back I had a post of all the things I was knitting – and they were all pink. It’s not hard to work out my favourite colour, really. Although purple and red are not far behind.
\nI finished the sweater I was working on a while back, but up until now hadn’t worn it. Yesterday I finally wore it, and got some pics.
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\nWhy haven’t I worn it sooner? No idea. This is no earth shattering, life changing knit. But I do think it’s a knit I’ll wear a lot. Something to throw on with jeans any day of the week.
\nSpecs:
\nPattern: Easy Top-Down Raglan<\/a> from Spud & Chloe. (rav link<\/a>)
\nYarn: Spud & Chloe sweater in Jellybean, 6 skeins, obtained in a Ravelry destash.
\nNeedles: 3.75mm Knitpicks Harmony interchangeable
\nMods: None. Although the pattern is really only a guide, it’s easy to follow and it works!
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\nOverall: I’m happy with it, and it’s an easy-to-wear knit. Certainly not high fashion or anything, but I don’t want high fashion every day!
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\nIt was not without dramas! Half way down the body I had a sinking feeling that I was going to run out of yarn. I had six skeins, and six was enough for some people on Ravelry, but it wasn’t looking good. So I stopped work on the body and did the sleeves, then I came back to the body. It still didn’t look promising, so I got onto google and started sending emails to a bunch of online stores that had the Spud & Chloe in stock. But the original yarn had been bought in a destash, and I had no idea how long ago it was purchased. The emails were coming back, all saying they had a different dyelot. Just as I was really starting to panic, Jimmy Beans Wool<\/a> got back to me. They had one single, solitary skein in the matching dyelot. I called them immediately, and they sent it out straight away.
\nAnd I didn’t need it.
\nIsn’t it always that way? If I’d been sure I was going to make it and hadn’t ordered the extra, I’d definitely have run short. However, after wearing it yesterday, I may actually add a little extra to the sleeves. They’re a tiny bit shorter than I’d like, and I have an extra skein of yarn anyway, right?
\nThis is the first time I’ve used the Spud & Chloe sweater, and I really like it! It’s a 55% Wool, 45% cotton blend, and it’s lovely to knit with. It feels more cotton-y to me than other wool\/cotton blends, particularly Rowan Wool\/Cotton. I also love that the care label tells you to tumble dry until damp. I love me an easy care knit!
\nSo overall, a success, and maybe that extra skein will come in handy after all!
\nNext time – another finished knit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A while back I had a post of all the things I was knitting – and they were all pink. It’s not hard to work out my favourite colour, really. Although purple and red are not far behind. I finished the sweater I was working on a while back, but up until now hadn’t worn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}