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<\/center>\nOnce again, it’s a picture of my trying not laugh, and telling the DH to just get on with it and take the picture already. Am I happy with it? I guess so.
\nI had a few issues with it. The pattern is from Family Circle Easy Knitting, Spring\/Summer 2005. It’s knit in Cotton Ease, which I won in a competition from Lynette<\/a> a while back. Thanks, Lynette! However, the pattern called for 9 balls, so I hunted some some more until I had enough.
\nIt only took 5 balls.
\nI quite liked the Cotton Ease to knit with, though. The pattern told me to get a 20″ zip, so I did. I need more like a 26″. When I looked at the schematic, the front measures 22 3\/4″ without the 4″ collar. (Which I knit to 5″) There was no way that zip was going to fit. So right now, it has no zip. I probably wouldn’t use it anyway, so I’m not too worried.
\nOverall, I like it, but it’s over 30C today, and it was hot<\/em> to try it on! The collar hasn’t been blocked, and it needs it, to avoid the shrinky collar syndrome Evelyn mentioned in the comments a few days ago. The sleeves are a little long, but not so long that I’m willing to rip it!
\nI’m sure it will get plenty of wear when the temperature starts to fall.
\nWhats next?
\nThis.
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<\/center>\nI’ve been waffling about knitting it, I really like it, but I have too much yarn to justify buying more for another project. I wanted the pink variegated Zhivago<\/a>. Patons have discontinued it, but Carol<\/a> spotted it in her local Spotlight on clearance and managed to snag a bag for me. There’s my justification! So, it’s on it’s way to me. Zhivago is a Tencel\/acrylic blend. (See, I’m not totally averse to acrylics!) I’ve only used it for small projects (gloves and a hat for DH), but I liked it. It did have a tendency to fuzz up, though.
\nStill behind on my sewing, and that’s what I should be working on until the Zhivago arrives, but we’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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