Finally - a finished object. I know - its shocking, but true! And I even completed it in time with the Knit A Long. If that isn't a sign of the coming apocalypse - I don't know what is. Frogs falling from the sky has got nothin' on this one.
Wendy said this was a 3 day project. Lets just say that I knit in dog years.
Very easy to follow pattern and it turned out quite flattering I think. Definitely something that I'd wear regularly. I wore it over a white button down shirt to Heidi's house on Saturday night - so it's pretty versatile. Very much disliked the yarn choice - the drape of the finished object was really nice - but the yarn is SUPER splitty. Blech.
YARN: SouthWest Trading Company's PHOENIX soy silk yarn in Really Red (4 skeins I think)
NEEDLES: Size 7 Knit Picks Options
A few modifications I made to the pattern:
- Added an additional bust increase row
- Added an additional inch of knitting before splitting for the neckline. Now that I see it on I would have only added 1/2 an inch - because I'd have liked it just a little more open.
- Knit the seed stitch edging around the neck back and forth to create the keyhole effect.
- Didn't bother with the 1/2 inch seed stitch edge around the arms.
Your Sizzle looks great! Looks like a nice fit for warm weather.
Posted by: jillian | Monday, November 13, 2006 at 01:35 PM
Live the pattern! I really don't like the picture on the pattern page, and I like your neckline much better. I might try this, but with long sleeves.
Posted by: whatzerkitty | Monday, November 13, 2006 at 03:01 PM
sorry, that was supposed to be "love" the pattern!
Posted by: whatzerkitty | Monday, November 13, 2006 at 03:02 PM
Excellent job! I love it. And, don't you look SEX-EH!
Posted by: Mary-Kay | Monday, November 13, 2006 at 06:34 PM
looks GREAT! nice job.
Posted by: rachelsent | Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 09:21 AM
Looking good! Very flattering, fit and colorwise. Great job!
Posted by: Kim | Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 11:47 AM
Looo-oooo-kin' gooooo-ooooood!
I realy dig that keyhole effect.
Posted by: Wendy | Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 02:25 PM
Look at you, sizzlin' babe! You're hot! Love the color!
Posted by: Hilari | Friday, November 17, 2006 at 08:34 AM
Cute!
Posted by: Ariane | Monday, November 20, 2006 at 08:49 AM
Very nice and very flattering! Miss you already!!!
Posted by: Mary-Kay | Monday, November 20, 2006 at 04:35 PM
I love it! Found you through the Sexy Knitters' Club, and just had to point out that we share a last name as well as a love for knitting. *g*
Posted by: Amy | Friday, December 15, 2006 at 02:49 PM