the blue blog archives: spring tease

The weather here has been toying with us long enough. If warm weather won't come on its own, then I'll have to make it myself. Or so I thought. This evening at our Boston-area Knitbloggers Knitnight, I cast on some Rowan all season's cotton for this lovely summer top and happily knit away, drinking my hot chocolate and dreaming of spring. Got home, checked the size and whoops! Guess my gauge changed a little as I drifted off to sunnier days to come. I suppose it would fit if summer never came and I had to just pull the tank on over my JCrew sweater! Well, no summer outing would be complete without a trip to the (frog) pond....

posted by alison at 10:58 pm | in tank girl

Comments

Oh la la! I just got the Rebecca catalog (thanks to Carolyn) and that is one of the tops I luuuuuurved. I can't wait to see how yours comes out. (You lucky ducky.)

Posted by: Becky at April 10, 2003 4:29 AM

Ah, to be relaxed enough that your gauge actually loosens. The opposite usually happens to me, I get tense and everything gets smaller. Are you going to stick with your needle size and focus on keeping the correct gauge or are you going to go down?

Posted by: michelle at April 10, 2003 5:55 AM

better too big than too small!! :) (that pic by the way was what made me HAVE to have that issue of the mag!)

Posted by: carolyn at April 10, 2003 6:41 AM

Alison you've definitely got the right attitude about frogging. You inspire me!

Posted by: kathy at April 10, 2003 10:31 AM

I am starting to think I haven't bonded with a sweater until I have frogged a little on it.

Posted by: Melissa at April 11, 2003 5:29 AM

Hello fellow froggers and Rebecca fans! I've frogged it all and tried casting on with fewer stitches. I really like the way the fabric is coming out at this new gauge, so I'll just fiddle with the math to make it the right size. The yarn is so great to work with, I'm actually not minding redoing it (so far!).

Posted by: alison at April 11, 2003 6:43 AM

hi
can you tell me which starmore book the dress called Sandollar comes from please.
I saw it at your yarnsmith group .
Thanks

Posted by: christina at April 12, 2003 4:28 AM