Selma, finally!

• Kamicha, March 10th, 2008, in Uncategorized

Selma - short-sleeved strongly Anthropologie-inspired cardigan/cape is finally finished. This version took 19 balls of Rowan Alpaca soft - and yes, there was humongous amount of yarn ends to weave in. Otherwise I loved  this project!

I like the result, too, but I’m not completely satisfied. I saw actually two yarns that would have been so much better options - but I was on my way with Alpaca Soft and couldn’t just think another large bulky knitting project for it to justify frogging. Alpaca Soft has lovely feel, beautiful surface and quite luxurious softness, so I’m completely happy that I happened to run on it on yarn sale. But I saw a beautiful finished object made with Rowan’s Cocoon - it had so amazing drape and so light feel in spite of a heavily cabled texture of the garment, it would have been a perfect choice for this project.

A very nice budget option woul be OnLine Linie 208 Nature-Wool - a very similar quality to Cocoon, not quite as soft (soft still!) but great drape, too, and similar gauge.

This is not easiest garment to wear, there is so much material that it is quite possible for small person to disappear in or end up looking huge (well, I’m not small, so possibly that is the actual problem for me). I would rather wear Selma with my black skinny jeans and slouchy boots with high heels, but those jeans happened to be in the laundry bag today. A short A-lined or flared skirt - no mini for me, but over the knee - with opaque tights might also be a nice option; if considering longer skirt a pencil silhouette might work. Gotta experiment a little.

I wrote down pretty decent notes about Selma while knitting, so there is a good probability that I’m able to write a pattern out of them!

Those buttons really deserve some extra attention. I found them in a rush, thought them to be just some very nice plastic ones, but closer examination revealed some irregularities that speak of the origin. I guess that they are made from horn or something like that.