New Sweaters!
I finally have pictures of my Hand-to-Hand Aran and my red sweater!
Here's the Hand-to-Hand Aran:
And here's the red sweater:
The Hand-to-Hand Aran fits well, and is the type of sweater I will wear a lot. It is a very "me" kind of sweater. I think I might add a couple more inches to the length of the sweater, because I am constantly pulling it down. But that's easy to do since the body was knit from the top down.
I'm not sure if I like the red sweater or not. If I made it again, I think I would make it a bit narrower. And the V-neck is a lot lower than what I usually wear. I think my main problem with it is that I feel fat when I'm wearing it. I wore it to work yesterday, but I'm not sure how many times I will actually wear it in the future. Time will tell.
Here's the details:
Hand-to-Hand:
Worsted weight coned yarn from WEBS, knit on size 8 needles. I used just a bit over a pound of yarn.
This was based on Elizabeth Zimmerman's Hand-to-Hand Aran sweater. I took her general idea, and made some modifications:
1. I knit the sleeves in the round instead of knitting them flat and seaming.
2. I made the sleeves much narrower than what the pattern called for. This gave me less stitches to use for yoke patterning, but made the sweater fit the way I wanted it to.
3. I added waist shaping.
I was amazed by how fast this sweater knit up. Plain stockinette in the round zips right by!
Red Sweater:
Knit with Jaeger Merino and size 6 needles. I love this yarn. It was a pleasure to knit with, and I think that it will hold up well.
The stitch pattern is somewhere back in my archives, but comes from one of Barbara Walker's books. I made up the pattern as I went along, and ended up surprised by how well it came together.
I love this yarn. It was a pleasure to knit with, and I think that it will hold up well.
Labels: Hand-To-Hand Aran, red sweater
posted by Emily @ 4:37 PM
14 comments
14 Comments:
OK, it might just be the photography, but I have to tell you that I think the red sweater looks *fabulous* on you! Great job! (Not that the Aran isn't beautiful, but when I read your review I felt the need to jump in on the red sweater's behalf.) LOL!
Congratulations! Visiting from Zimmermania. I love both of your sweaters and hope you wear them both often. Great job.
Love the new sweaters. The hand-to-hand one is gorgeous!
Both sweaters look great! I especially love the hand-to-hand one.
I'm popping in from Zimmermania too/ I really like your hand to hand! I've been eyeing that one. and I like your version even more. It's more polished looking.
I see you're in the north country; me too, Im up near Potsdam. And really really ready for nice weather.
The side-to-side Aran is wonderful! It looks great on you, and in general strikes me as a very wearable and flattering pattern!
Visiting from Zimmermania. Those sweaters are gorgeous on you! Love the cabling.
Hiya, I'm also popping in from the Zimmermania board... I love both sweaters... I don't think you look fat at all in the red sweater...
Isn't stockinette in the round soothing :)??? I just love to do it, so that's probably why most of my socks are plain stockinette hehehe.
Cheers Eva
They both look great! The Hand to Hand sweater is very you, and the V neck on the red one is very flattering. Yeah for continued cold weather. ;-)
Love your hand-to-hand! I have had Knitting Workshop for nearly a year now and have always passed it by... but I have to say, you have totally changed my mind about it! Great job!
You look gorgeous in both sweaters! Now I have to go check out that EZ sweater because it is also my type of sweater.
I'm putting in a vote for the red sweater. I know that the h-t-h sweater is more your style, but yay for you for trying something different! The V-neck is not LOW-low, it's sexy! Congrats on finishing 2 big projects!
Both your sweaters are gorgeous. I love the color red and adore the hand to hand sweater....maybe I should consider blending the two! Great job.
Those sweaters are both super-gorgeous and look great on you, but I adore the hand-to-hand. Yummy. :)
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