It’s finally sewn up.
As you may have guessed, I didn’t do much sewing up on Frappe while I was enslaved I mean staying with Carol last week.
The rest of the sewing went without incident once I sat down and did it.
So here she is finished…
I think she looks rather smart. A bit big maybe? I made the smallest size – I’m telling myself I’ll be wearing more when it’s cold enough to need a cardi 😉
You think I could wear it for the “Not Totally Formal” days at work??
BTW check out the eye protection – I’d like to blame Carol for burning my retinas with her evil acrylic but the truth is, I’m needing my glasses more and more – I forgot I had them on for the photo shoot – old age! Arrrhhhg! 😯
Want to see the back? I’m not sure about the joining in the collar at the centre back – I think I should have grafted it somehow – it’s a bit stiff and pointy…
Whilst in Cardiff, Carol took me to Claire Grove Buttons – a treasure trove of all thing buttony. After about an hour of running around the shop saying, “Oh have you seen this one” to each other, Carol and I decided on these buttons for Frappe…
I thought they picked up the pattern in the knitting perfectly.
| Completed Knit Report | ||
| Name: | Frappe | |
| Pattern: | by Martin Storey in RYC’s Summer Delights | |
| Yarn: | RYC Silk Cotton in Mink – 10 balls used | |
| Pattern Problems: | None | |
| Pattern Modifications: | Short rowed the shoulders as usual | |
| Washing and Wearing: | Says dry clean only – I’m gonna hand wash with crossed fingers – rumour has it it may shrink – it’s a bit large anyway! | |
| Knit It Again???: | Very Possibly… | |
| Difficulty: | Easy except care needed to sew on the collar | |
| Rating: | 4/5 | |
| Other Postings Relating To This One: | Frappe’s Collar Ponderings | |
Perfick (and I Iove the new hair style too).
Keep us posted on the washing experiment (fingers crossed) x…
Stunning results! I love the sweater. The bigness is minor and, as you say, will be taken care of in the colder weather. I wash a cotton/silk blend (Cascade Pima Silk) in the washing machine and dryer all the time and get no shrinkage. You are safer with hand washing (mine pills a little after machine wash). I would be shocked if it shrank.
Another fabulous knit, it looks great ! And aren’t good buttons like gold-dust ? The ones you picked are perfect.
really like the buttons! As for big well sometimes you need layers I am sure it will be perfect in the winter.