Fast Forward

• Posted by Kamicha on February 15th, 2008 filed in Uncategorized

I accidentally end up knitting Chelsea Sweater from Wenlan Chia’s Big City Knits. I was not immediately drawn to this design, but some very beautiful finished objects in Ravelry opened my eyes.

And oh boy, this was a fast knit. I casted on Wednesday, had some time to knit yesterday and finished this morning. Yarn is Colourmart DK weight cashmere silk in colourway Tussah, two cones with very little remains. I used 3 strands together to get just slightly denser gauge than advised, compensated with larger size and few additional rows. I made some minor adjustments for the pattern, front edges and sleeve caps are shaped gently. I was not bothered about the pattern errors - but I seldom follow the patterns to the letter, so that’s probably the explanation.

That dress underneath is actually a bustier dress, it hangs too up to look natural. And the material is pretty stiff, it draws the knit to this A-lined shape. That crocheted part actually begins nicely from my natural waistline, and the overall impression of the knit is pretty fitting. I will model this cardigan later.

I’m not sure if that pinky-orangey dress is enough to qualify this as a Project Spectum work =).

I haven’t washed and blocked the garment yet - there will probably be a beautiful bloom with this yarn. I took one closeup of the knitted surface, just to compare later. This image shows better the beautiful, slightly pinkish natural shade of this yarn - at least in my monitor.

Oh and here is Selma. This heap of knitted material has overwhelmed me so that I haven’t been able to put the pieces together. No, I don’t have any antipathy for finishing work (actually I like them), but sometimes with large projects I’m so tired to even see the material that I have to put it aside for a while and wait for a true inspiration. I know that it will come soon!