{"id":1075,"date":"2012-01-04T19:22:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T09:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2012-01-04T19:22:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T09:22:36","slug":"elspeth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=1075","title":{"rendered":"Elspeth"},"content":{"rendered":"

And so the final finished project for 2011 is here! I wore it for the first time on New Years Eve to a knitterly lunch, and Knitabulous<\/a> took some pics for me afterwards.
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\nSpecs:
\nPattern: Elspeth<\/a> by Laura Long, available for free from the Rowan website<\/a> (You’ll need to be a member to get the pattern, but it’s free to join)
\nSize: Small
\nYarn: The sadly discontinued Calmer<\/a> in Plum, pattern called for 4 balls, I only used 3.
\nNeedles: 4.5mm
\nNew Techniques for me: Crochet! Rosered<\/a> came into the shop one day, and showed me how to do the double crochet and the picot edging.
\nMods: I changed the crochet edging around the outer edge, but did it the way the pattern said around the sleeves. It worked fine on the sleeves, but when I did it around the bolero edge, it went all wavy. I emailed Rosered and she suggested a few decreases and picots only every third dc instead of every second. It’s sitting better now, but I like the look of the sleeves better! I think it that my tension might have played a part too – I always go down a needle size in knitting, maybe I should have done the same with the crochet hook.
\nI also didn’t bother with the picots on the ties, it seemed a little silly to me!
\nOtherwise, exactly as the pattern says.
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\nAnd I love it! I really love Calmer, and I’m so glad I managed to stash some away before it’s lost forever. I’m usually not a fan of acrylic at all, but this blend is s o soft and squishy, it’s a delight to work with, and to wear.
\nIt’s been mentioned to me by a couple<\/a> of people<\/a> that I should be blogging my sewing exploits as well as my knitting.
\nI mention it now because the dress I’m wearing with my Elspeth is one of the more recent ones that I’ve made. Unfortunately, I can’t give you pattern information or anything, because it’s a mock up of about three different patterns, and some shirring on the back. Shirring is my new sewing love. Easy, easy, easy! I used this tutorial<\/a> to learn how, and it’s great! Shirring just the back of the bodice is good – no need for zips or buttons, helps with a great fit due to the elasticity and is relatively easy to boot!
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\nThis isn’t a great picture, but it gives you a better view of the bodice. The fabrics is a lovely light weight cotton I got from Calico & Ivy.
\nIn other news, my yarn arrived for my Ella coat!
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\nThe colours are perfect – the colour in the picture is a little off, the pick is a gorgeous raspberry pink. The Shepherd’s Wool<\/a> is divine – maybe the softest pure wool I’ve ever played with. Gorgeous! Now to swatch…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And so the final finished project for 2011 is here! I wore it for the first time on New Years Eve to a knitterly lunch, and Knitabulous took some pics for me afterwards. Specs: Pattern: Elspeth by Laura Long, available for free from the Rowan website (You’ll need to be a member to get the […]<\/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-1075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075","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=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}