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FO Report: Chunky Cap-Sleeved Top
FO Report: Chunky Cap-Sleeved Top
Designer: Teva Durham
Pattern Source: Vogue On The Go: Chunky Knits
Yarn: Triple strands of Lion Brand Cotton-Ease in Sugarplum (3 balls total)
Needle Size: US 15
Gauge: 8 sts = 4"
Date Completed: July 2005
Recipient: me (of course)
Just when I thought the One Skein Wonder couldn't be beat ... I ran across this cap sleeved top by Teva Durham in the Chunky Knits book. After finishing up that cable cardigan in matching yarn, I had three balls left over ... but one of them was a different dye lot than the others. I really wanted to make some sort of a top to go under the cardigan, but I couldn't decide how to deal with the uneven dye lots (they showed).
Enter Teva Durham's little top, which took 200 yards of a single strand of super bulky yarn ... and I decided to combine all three yarns together to fix up that dye lot problem. It worked! I like this top a lot, and it really took one evening to finish (started before a movie, knit through the movie, and cast off while watching Johnny Deep on Jay Leno ... what a great knit). One minor caveat would be the extra short hemline ... all the better to show off my new belly button ring (and we'll just ignore that non-Pilates tummy). I literally had a few feet of yarn leftover, so I couldn't have made it any longer.
Does this pattern look familiar, by the way? You might want to glance at Kathy's non-chunky version(s) here, so graciously and grumpily called the Tivoli T-shirt. (Don't we just love Kathy for giving us that pattern?) Without the mismatching dyelots, this yarn was destined to become a Tivoli itself.
I've actually just washed and blocked the top, and I stretched it out super long and I'm hoping to add an inch or so. If that happens, I'm sure this will pattern will become a favorite.
Posted at 7/17/2005 6:35:47 am by Jen
 | | | Dr Karen Calloway
June 29, 2006 11:53 AM PDT
This is terrific - I can't wait to get the book. Did I understand correctly - you double stranded bc of the color issue? It looks great on you as well!
Karen | |
| | | Joanne
July 19, 2005 06:09 AM PDT
Great looking top!! | |
| | | Diana
July 17, 2005 05:29 PM PDT
Very cute, and I love the color! | |
| | | Eilene
July 17, 2005 03:04 PM PDT
Your new top looks great! What a pretty color! | |
| | | Christie
July 17, 2005 01:10 PM PDT
Very cute...way to handle the dye lot problem! | |
| | | Christie
July 17, 2005 01:10 PM PDT
Very cute...way to handle the dye lot problem! | |
| | | jess
July 17, 2005 12:59 PM PDT
that color looks great on you! | |
| | | Wanda
July 17, 2005 09:30 AM PDT
It does look really great Jenifer, of course you know I already think that. Thanks for clearing up the Cast On, Cast off site not yet live, b/c in your previous earlier entry, i wondered if I had lost my mind or not, since I couldn't find the link. | |
| | | Kristen
July 17, 2005 07:52 AM PDT
Looks great! You are the FO queen. | |
| | | marirob
July 17, 2005 07:05 AM PDT
Cute top! It looks great on you. I just made the Tivoli tee, and it's a fairly quick knit too. I can't wait for the debut of Cast on, Cast off! | |
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