At Knit Night a few weeks ago, I finally finished my Giotto ribbon shrug :) Well, it came off the needles, but I finally got all the ends woven in yesterday. So all done now! I think I've covered some of this information before, but here it is again, now that the project's all done, in case anyone's interested. (and yes, I know the picture below is dim and blurry, but it gives you a general idea of the front of the piece - the other pictures are clearer for color and such)
The pattern is from Interweave Knits. One of their collections of free patterns. A really lovely, simple, quick and easy sort of project. The whole piece is really designed as a big rectangle. The shaping on the sleeves is a slight bell shape, and is achieved simply by changing needle sizes. Nice!
Alterations I made were really pretty small. I think I've mentioned some of them before, but here they are again. The sleeves I knit in the round. I don't like seaming, and in this case, it was an easy change to make. If you're not comfortable knitting in the round, then seaming might be easier for you, but it was a simple change to make to finish up the piece that much faster.
Also, instead of knitting straight through with one skein and then totally switching to the other, I knit with one skein through the first sleeve, then across the back I alternated between the two skeins (2 rows of each). This prevented color pooling on the back, plus meant that it was easy to tell when it was time to switch back to knitting in the round for the second sleeve - the first skein was done, so time to finish the second sleeve with what was left of the second skein! Finally, I shortened it slightly to make it work exactly for 2 skeins. This gave me a elbow-length shrug, perfect for summer evenings! And it was EXACTLY 2 skeins for this length. Perfect!
The yarn is Colinette Giotto. I like this yarn, and I would use it again, I think. Like all ribbon yarns, it does have the tendency to fold on itself, so you have to work with it a bit to get the best results with it. Once you get used to that, though, it's fun. It creates a nice light fabric, which is really comfortable. Just enough to keep the chill off the shoulders at a summer evening party, for example. Which, with this colorway, is really what I was looking for :)
Also, I used a small drop of washable fabric glue to tack in the ends of the yarn once they were woven in. They did have a tendency to slip out easily, and the little drop of glue isn't enough to be noticeable and bothersome when worn, but still keeps those ends anchored down where they should be.
Overall, I really like this shrug. I know it's probably the brightest thing in my wardrobe, and I might not have as many opportunities to wear it, but it's still fun, and I can see myself wearing it. One of those certain-time-and-place sort of pieces. And besides, I won the yarn in a door prize, and can't let nice free yarn go to waste, right? :)
The pattern is from Interweave Knits. One of their collections of free patterns. A really lovely, simple, quick and easy sort of project. The whole piece is really designed as a big rectangle. The shaping on the sleeves is a slight bell shape, and is achieved simply by changing needle sizes. Nice!
Alterations I made were really pretty small. I think I've mentioned some of them before, but here they are again. The sleeves I knit in the round. I don't like seaming, and in this case, it was an easy change to make. If you're not comfortable knitting in the round, then seaming might be easier for you, but it was a simple change to make to finish up the piece that much faster.
Also, instead of knitting straight through with one skein and then totally switching to the other, I knit with one skein through the first sleeve, then across the back I alternated between the two skeins (2 rows of each). This prevented color pooling on the back, plus meant that it was easy to tell when it was time to switch back to knitting in the round for the second sleeve - the first skein was done, so time to finish the second sleeve with what was left of the second skein! Finally, I shortened it slightly to make it work exactly for 2 skeins. This gave me a elbow-length shrug, perfect for summer evenings! And it was EXACTLY 2 skeins for this length. Perfect!
The yarn is Colinette Giotto. I like this yarn, and I would use it again, I think. Like all ribbon yarns, it does have the tendency to fold on itself, so you have to work with it a bit to get the best results with it. Once you get used to that, though, it's fun. It creates a nice light fabric, which is really comfortable. Just enough to keep the chill off the shoulders at a summer evening party, for example. Which, with this colorway, is really what I was looking for :)
Also, I used a small drop of washable fabric glue to tack in the ends of the yarn once they were woven in. They did have a tendency to slip out easily, and the little drop of glue isn't enough to be noticeable and bothersome when worn, but still keeps those ends anchored down where they should be.
Overall, I really like this shrug. I know it's probably the brightest thing in my wardrobe, and I might not have as many opportunities to wear it, but it's still fun, and I can see myself wearing it. One of those certain-time-and-place sort of pieces. And besides, I won the yarn in a door prize, and can't let nice free yarn go to waste, right? :)
No comments:
Post a Comment