Two months in seems early to call it, but this year is trying to thwart my blogging. Possibly my knitting in general. I finished knitting my Plum Rondo a la Turk, designed by Julia Farwell-Clay for Knitty Deep Fall 2013, on February 5. And I finally was able to photograph it today, February 23. I wasn’t working on it monogamously, so I suspect it took me longer to get pictures of it than it did it knit it.
About Plum Rondo a la Turk
I love this sweater. I love everything about it. The yarn—Stonehedge Fiber Mill Shepherd’s Wool Worsted from The Loopy Ewe. I desperately wanted to use the Haymarket the sample was knit with, but the one place that had all four colors I wanted was a bit out of my price point. It would have been another blue sweater, which is fine, but sometimes a girl needs to branch out a bit. The Stonehedge yarn is so stupidly soft! It’s also a plied yarn, as opposed to the single-spun of the Haymarket and I just cannot believe how soft it is.
If you’re going to knit a colorwork sweater, you obviously have to talk about the color choices. I did something a little different this time, and chose colors that were all pretty much in the same color family. Normally I like a wider array of colors, but in this case, I was kind of challenging myself by going outside my comfort zone. Red is not a color I wear too often; the only other red project I have is my Larch. For the most part, I call this a success. The only thing I’d like to be different was the contrast between the raspberry and the antique rose used in the bottom hem, but eh.
What I Changed
I did make some small alterations to the pattern. I cast on for a smaller size sleeve, as I wanted slightly slimmer fitting sleeves (and I also knit them longer) and bound off correspondingly for the arm opening on both the sleeves and the body. Also, I added a little bit of length to the body, and moved the waist shaping up. Then I placed the back decreases on the center back. I do this for almost every sweater and find that I like the way it fits better.
And then I dyed part of my hair green. That has no impact on the sweater whatsoever.
Yay new sweater!!
Oh I love it!!
Your photos/sweaters always make me want to knit the sweater you made too! I love this!!! It looks fantastic on you!
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