Knit Diary

I finished my Sunrise Circle Jacket yesterday.

Pattern: Sunrise Cirlce Jacket by Kate Gilbert from Interweave Knits Web Patterns. I knit this as part of a knit along.
Guage: 18 sts & 27 rows = 4" ( I was off a bit from the pattern gauge of 18.5 sts & 28 rows = 4")
Yarn: 11 balls of Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed in Jewel. Love this yarn and the finished fabric.
Needles: 4.5 mm/US 7 addi turbos 24" and 32"
Start: 2-28-06
Finished: 3-25-06 (Included the blocking process, seaming, hemming and closures)
Size: 37"
Highlights: The back shaping is beautiful and ultra-feminine.
Lowlights: Too much finishing involved. The hemming, seaming and sewing in the snaps took me roughly 8 hours.
Notes: Instead of the toggle buttons (which I thought would be attract too much of the wrong kind of attention to my 'ahem' busty figure) I chose to use snaps as the closure for this jacket. I think I knit a size too large. The sleeves look really long in the picture, but it's actually too much ease in the armpit section that makes the sleeves look like that.

See more pics in the extended entry

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Posted by Sandy at 11:13 AM | Permalink | Comments (9)

I finally finished the back of the Sunrise Circle Jacket.

I also ordered these buttons from the Sewing Place.

Look at the needle cases my friend made for me.

Here's the inside of the bigger one:

Posted by Sandy at 09:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

I finished the two front/sleeves of my Sunrise Circle Jacket.

I cast on for the back on Sunday.

Posted by Sandy at 09:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I swatched the two dyelots of the Silkroad Aran Tweed and there was no noticeable difference between them. So I cast on for the sleeve of the Jacket Tuesday night. The picture of the swatch didn't come out so I won't post it here. I tell you this yarn is beautiful. I love the speckles of Navy and lavender in the knitted fabric.

I start on the sunrise part of the jacket tonight.

Posted by Sandy at 09:35 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)