Thursday 8 January 2015

Amanda - my new BFF

She's done!  And I love it!  Just in time for the coldest day of the year (so far) as temperatures were below -20 Celsius yesterday.  I seamed it together and am thrilled with how well that went.  I followed Kate Gagnon Osborne's tutorial, and it's the best job I've ever done.  Working for a few inches and then pulling tight made the difference.  The buttons were in my very small stash so I chose silver.  I like them but they are very heavy, so they pull back the sweater when it's not buttoned.  I will look for replacement buttons at some point.

Despite the buttons, I love the sweater.  The fit is with about 2 inches ease at the full bust.  I knit the Large (40 inches at bust).  My measurements are 38 bust, 36 upper bust (under armpits), 29 waist, 38 hips... I like to know the amount of ease shown when I look at a photo so I can judge the size I want to knit.  I added about 2.5 inches in length to the body and to the sleeves because I'm tall and have very long arms.  So here she is!







3 comments:

  1. thanks! I'm thrilled with how it turned out.

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  2. It looks excellent. One would never guess that you had all that uncertainty with the pattern earlier on. It looks warm and snuggly. I am so pleased that you got it done so you could wear it when you needed it.

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