November weather

In England we’d of had 2 months of dreary weather by now.  Here in Seattle the sun was lovely and bright today.  Of course, it’s cold- so that really pushed me to go ahead and finish Keld- which has been hanging over me for some time now.  I loved the pattern, and I loved the yarn- the colour is gorgeous and it is very warm.  I am very happy with the way it came out.  BUT I am not happy with the way it looks on me.  I should have made a shorter garter stictch part to have the waist shaping actually shape my waist.  It was a miscalculation on my part.  Also the round collar in general is not flattering on me (busty and small waist)- so it doens’t look that great on me.  However, it does fit well- the shoulders the arm lenght is all perfect and it keeps me really warm, the whole point of making it in the first place.  So I’m keeping it and wearing it proudly.  Today I got lots of compliments while I wore it around the shop (my new workplace- Hilltop Yarn), so that’s got to be something.

What I did to Keld- the main change was the gauge- since I was using Peace Fleece.  I used size S for the lenght in the pattern and size L for the width and stitch count.  It worked!  Except I wished i had done less of the garter stitch part- about 4″ less!  I also shortened the sleeves - I made them about 6″ shorter and then started the bell of the sleeve.  i have short arms- and I just kept measuring them on my arm until I thougth I had enough lenght.  The sleeves are the perfect lenght now.

So now on to another project to finish!! I really want to get the Clapotis done so I may wear it in this weather.  In the meantime I am exploring the world of toddler mittens- so far Natasha has about 5 mittens- all different sizes and shapes.  I think I have the final ones now- pattern from The Knitter’s Handy book of Patterns by Ann Budd.

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