It's an old, old tale, so I won't bore you with too much of it. Suffice it to say...I thought I could get gauge with Manos in
a pattern calling for Malabrigo Chunky. Following the "but it's just a hat" rule of thumb I didn't swatch. And what you see before you is a hat that with any luck will fit a toddler. Bottom line, the yarn is not chunky enough, I am inherently challenged with stranded knitting being too tight, so we'll just consider this hat my first swatch. As far as the size goes, there's nowhere to go but up!
ETA: I forgot to say though, that sometimes things go right! :-)
Amanda is right--it's a lot easier to make something fit well with top down construction that you can try on as you go.
This is Knitting Pure and Simple pattern #267
Neckdown Bulky Bolero knit in Noro Iro.
12 comments:
Sorry.
We led you astray.
:-(
Love the sweater!!!! And you'll make some toddler very happy :)
Michelle, we weren't accounting for my supertight stranded knitting or the fact that the pattern only has one size in the stranded version. I'm trying a solid one in Iro now.
Michaela, Thanks! Today is the first day I haven't worn the sweater since I got it done. ;-)
Yep...I was admiring your sweater thing (Bolero??) Saturday during the help session. Very nice...
I love the bolero! It looks great on you!!!
How many balls of Iro did it take? I am itching to make something out of that yarn again.
Thank you for all the nice comments. Gosh I think I better wear it again today; it's so cold you know!
Michelle, not sure yet on how much Iro the hat is taking because I'm not done with it. But I am down to the garter stitch band and have a reasonable amount of the ball left. I was hoping I could get the whole hat, minus the contrast border, done in one skein. Will let you know.
And I should say that will aggressive blocking my 4th grader can get the original hat on her head, but my 6th grader can't.
Um, that's supposed to say "with" aggressive blocking. I can't find a way to edit that typo.
"Aggressive Blocking"...what a great mental image...
Note to Michelle et al--I finished the 2nd, less gnome-like hat with one ball of Iro; I had about 1 color repeat left to spare. I will make the crochet border & braids with a completely different contrasting yarn, I think. Not sure yet. Will have to look at it some more and decide what I'd like. Anyway, I used #9's on the Iro and it seems just right to fit me; I did the size M.
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