I'm quite happy how the jacket came out:
Size is perfect, just the lenght could be 1" more - but I'm quite confident that the Mermaid will grow. I knitted with the number of stitches for size M and the numbers of rows from size L, sleeves 5 stitches shorter than size M.
Summarized to the kit I can say:
- the material is of bad quality (related to the prize!)
- the pattern is written quite lousy - I miss at least some numbers in the schematic drawing
- Amy's sheet is great and helps a lot!
- knitting was fun and thrilling (will the size come out correctly?!)
- I learnt a lot - this i-cord edging is really great!
- I will knit one more Mermaid, using sock yarn or Alpaca yarn.
In general I like the architectonical knitting style of Hanne Falkenberg. I already knitted a baby sweater this week (comparable to "Ludo"), no pic from this because it wasn't enough yarn and I had to rib it. One of my next projects will be a "Ludo" for me knitted from a wonderful Fleece Artist yarn combined with Alpaca yarn.... this will be a lieghtweight, soft dream.
6 comments:
Your Mermaid is beautiful. Congratulations. And I agree with your comments about the kit!
Really beautiful, and I too agree about the kit.
Well done and gorgeous! I love that colorway.
Thanks for the comments..... and the colourway was my husband's decision. I had really really problems to choose one of the colorways.
Absolutely lovely. If I may be so bold, if you're not interested in knitting another Mermaid, would you be willing to sell or trade for your pattern? This would be a perfect gift for a friend who did me a wonderful favor.
My stash is very diverse, from lace-weight to Koigu to Noro, and of course I'm glad to pay cash.
Again, beautiful job!
Lovely! I hope mine turns out as well.
I would be very interested in the extra yarn, and happy to do trade or pay.. sarah at techbrat dot com. :)
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