Breaking Them In
You got them, and they were stiff as a board, and you broke them in.
-Levi Strauss
-Levi Strauss
The buttons are fabulous. The sweater is perfect. I've worn it nearly every day since finishing it, and it's perfect for bopping around town. My town, or the central coast of California, as luck may have it. For all of my plans to knit ski sweaters, mittens, and all the fun things I love to knit, this is a great sweater for the California climate. I like it buttoned up, but it also works unbuttoned, or partly buttoned.Shaped Denim Aran
Pattern: from Debbie Bliss' The Celtic Collection
Yarn: Elann.com Den-M-Knit in Dark Indigo, 15 skeins (pattern called for 17 skeins of Rowan Denim)
Needles: US6 for the body, US 4 for the borders
Notes: No real pattern modifications. I was surprised and (pleasantly) amazed that the denim shrinking thing worked so well.
Best Thing About This Project: It was a product knit more than a process thing, and I love the product.
Labels: Denim Aran, Finishing
posted by Theresa at 8:42 AM/Permalink
20 Comments:
It looks just perfect on you!
Looks great! Sometimes even though the product knits aren't as much fun they are more rewarding because you get so much wear out of them!
Looks great! Congrats on a CA-OK FO!
You just gotta love it when you put all that efford into a project and it fits just perfect. Makes it all worth while.
So, so beautiful! I've always been scared to touch denim because of the shrinkage but I'm glad yours came out just perfectly!
The sweater looks beautiful and fits you so wel...love the buttons as well. Your stockings were cute, thanks for including the link!
Fabulous!!!
Your sweater is beautiful - maybe I shouldn't be so afraid of the unknowns of Denim yarn!
That looks so great! Nice work.
Nice job! It looks great on you!
It looks WONDERFUL on you and everything about it is just PERFECT, especially the buttons..LOL And, I'm really glad it works for your Southern CA climate.
It came out really cute! And perfect for the weather.
Hi Theresa...
Great job with the sweater!!!
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That sweater turned out perfectly! It looks really good on you. Cotton may not be fun to knit with, but it makes a very comfortable sweater for our weather, doesn't it?
wow... that sweater is just gorgeous on you! great job! : )
Wow, that looks fantastic! The fit and color are just perfect for you. :)
It looks great and the fit is perfect. And you're right, that cardigan is probably just perfect for California weather.
Yay! It looks great and congrats on such a great wearable sweater!
Great pictures, you are beautiful.
love you, Dad
The sweater looks perfect. Congrats on finishing.
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