ms. marigold
I finished this several weeks ago and just waited to weave the ends in. The whole reason I wanted to knit ms. marigold is because of the great ruffles on the sleeves, but when it was all said and done, I decided to leave them off.
Overall I liked the pattern. I know some people had trouble with it because there was no ending stitch count after the increases. That may be what my problem was or I may have not paid close enough attention the the measurements given.
Things I had to change: As you can see, I seamed up the ribbing at the bottom, it was just way too deep a V for me and there was no way I was going to rip back after it was all done to shorten the V. I also had to seam up around the arm holes before crocheting around the edge. I prefer to have a closer fit around my arm and I think this also gave more definition to the cap sleeve.
I probably picked up too many stitches around the neck/V but I achieved such a nice edge (after MUCH trying) that there was also no way I was going to rip back. That’s pretty much the theme of my knitting life these days, NO RIPPING!
STATS
Pattern: Ms. Marigold
Yarn: Cascade Pima Silk (next time I’d choose Pima Tencel)
Needles: Addi Turbo US5 (I think it was a 5)
Category: knitting 6 comments »
August 10th, 2006 at 10:31 am
I really like your alterations! The ruffled edges were a bit…odd…to me.
August 10th, 2006 at 10:38 am
Love it! And I like your alterations.
August 10th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
You look great in that color!
August 11th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
Looks cute! I did the pima tencel and I loved it. But it gets little fuzzies everywhere. I wan to do another one in alpaca/silk
August 13th, 2006 at 8:10 pm
How ya doin? I remember that cute necklace. Hope you all are doing well.
August 14th, 2006 at 8:04 am
I think that looks really great on you!
I love those deep v-necks, but I’m kind of busty so it just looks like I’m bustin’ out of that style.