I just mailed off a gift for a friend who moved to Oregon this month as a part of a church plant through our church. I don't know what the winter weather is like near Portland, but I figured a girl's got to have a stylish way to keep her head warm, don't you think?!
I had seen the Calorimetry pattern when I first joined Ravelry, and vowed to knit it. My friend reminds me some what of the girl in the pattern photos on Knitty, so I figured it was meant to be! I used the recommended yarn, Filatura di Crosa 127 Print (I used color #33). I LOVED this yarn! It was a 100% wool single-ply worsted weight yarn. The base color was a dark grey-blue with these surprisingly bright and beautiful small sections of colors. All the colors of the rainbow it seemed! Its perfect to go with just about anything.
The yarn had a lot of stretch to it, but also lots of "memory" so it shouldn't stretch out too much with wear. I should have done a little more reading before casting on for this one, as it seems everyone else had the same issue I did with the pattern, it came out WAY too big! But, I figured, more wool-more warmth, and doesn't my friend deserve the best anyway? So I just attached an extra button to make the whole thing very adjustable and called it a day.
I made this same pattern a while back- I really liked it. I love the yarn you chose!
ReplyDeleteYAY! i love it, nice job!!! i've been wanting to make this, too...i've also heard that it turns out biiiig...maybe i'll try a skinnier yarn...hmmmmm
ReplyDeleteI think the suggested fix for the size issue was to cast on something like 96 stitches instead of what the pattern called for - 120. Then you end up doing less short-rows as well.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE IT!!!! Again, thank you dear friend...I've already worn it out and will be wearing it a lot...it's basically fall here now and gets pretty flippin chilly in evening...
ReplyDeletemiss you friend! LOVE YA! :)