When I first saw this pattern I knew I had to make it. When I saw that there were not one but two knit alongs, I just knew I had to join. When I saw that there were a lot of people using the very pretty but VERY EXPENSIVE Tilli Thomas yarn, I knew that there was no way I could use it. So into my stash I went. I came up with some TLC Cotton Blend in lavendar. I'm almost done with the sweater and I LOVE IT - Tilli Thomas or no Tilli Thomas. It fits great. Only modifications I'm making is that I'm replacing the purl ridges with garter stitch (that's the all knit one, right? I always get them confused). I wanted the borders to lay flat and the purl ridges just seemed a bit puffy to me. I also raised the v-neck because I'd like to wear this without a cami.
Here it is....
I've folded back the one arm because I made it with the larger size needles and need to rip it out and redo on the smaller needles. I should be done this weekend and will be back with a modeled shot but I have tried it on several times and it really is a beautiful sweater. Enjoy knitting.
5 comments:
this had been one of my plans--i had a bunch of inexpensive acrylic/wool-blend yarn and i was going to do something other than the purl rolls there for the same reason. i ended up splurging on the tilli tomas with the help of a friend's birthday money, but it's great to know that if i want to make this again for a gift for someone i can do it less expensively! it looks great!
TLC Cotton Plus has ALWAYS been one of my favorite yarns and I seriously considered using it for this top but figured I needed to break out of my "Cotton Plus" rut! Good for you -- it looks awesome and I can't wait to see it modeled!
it looks awesome - great job!!!
i really like your modification of the purl ridges... I think I might just do mine that way, too! i love the color, too ; )
It looks beautiful. I'm going to keep that yarn in mind for other projects.
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