Saturday, December 31, 2005

Ribby is finished



I used Elann's Peruvian Sierra Aran in Mallard for the body and Jasper for the sleeves and color. I decided to do the zipper band in the Jasper as well. I made the size 40/41 used 7 balls in mallard for the body and about 6 in jasper for the sleeves and the collar. I also tipped the collar in the lighter color. I still have to block the collar because it was laying a little wonky when I tried it on. Even though it looks incredibly small, the ribbing really does stretch out and it fits perfectly...you can see all the ribbing when I have it on but it doesn't look stretched out.

I like the contrast and it also made it easier to find a zipper. I could not find anything to match the lighter Mallard color and really didn't want to wait for one to come from Zipperstop.com. I ended up using a navy zipper that I think blends in quite well. I ended up sewing this zipper in by hand...I found I had more control over lining it up well if I did it by hand. My sewing machine is working quite well after I had it cleaned and tuned up but I am not the best seamstress in the world. Sewing it in by hand really didn't take that long either.

Next up I think is the Snowflakes and Arrows vest. I think I am going to see if the medium will fit with my gauge. I have to do the math again but I think it will work with 8 stitches/inch. Someone from Knitpicks called me back last week and asked if anyone had spoken to me about the pattern errors. I said "Only when I called them!" She was semi apologetic and said the designer lives on a boat for 6 months out of the year and that is why they had not heard from her yet. I told the girl I was going to go ahead and try to knit it, because I had already figured out what the errors were. I think I may put up a second blog and do a knit along.... I know there are a couple of people out there that are waiting for me to work through the errors! lol

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your ribby looks great. I used similar colors for mine, so I love your color choice too. Isn't it a great pattern?

Kim said...

Yeah, even though I hate doing ribbing, this one went really quickly

JustApril said...

It's GREAT! The contrasting zipper looks great, it ties it all together very nicely.

Kim said...

Thanks April!
I was looking through the Ribby Gallery and saw someone else had don the contrasting zipper band and I liked how it looked.

JustApril said...

I was secretly hoping you do a contrasted zipper, but I was scared to say so =)

LOOK! A SPAMMER!!!! AUGH - They will never leave you alone now that they've found you.

Kim said...

AARRGH a spammer! I hadn't turned on word verification yet but looks like I might have to...

JustApril said...

you are one of the few left without word verification - but it's worth it to me =)

Livvy said...

I am just beginning a sweater out of the Elann Sierra Aran. Since it is a gift & you've used this yarn for your Ribby, can I ask how the Sierra Aran feels (scratchy or not) when you wear it?

Thank you!
Linda