Short and Sweet  

Short and Sweet

short and sweet

Surprising.


Who would have thought? not me... For sure!

But this is living proof I was wrong. I always thought the thinner the yarn, the better. But here, I must recon it is not true. My version in a thinner yarn is less attractive than the thicker original.

You live, you learn.

I consider my version of short and sweet however satisfactory .

 

 

STATS :

  • Pattern : Short and Sweet, bolero by Angela 'La vonne' Best, started 20 july 2007 finished 04 august 2007 (15 hours of work I think)
  • Stitches :chain stitch, single crochet, double crochet, and the best part : back post and front post double crochet (see video here), seed stitch.
  • Crochet hook : a definitely too small US size D (3mm)
  • Yarn : almost 6 balls of Cotton, brand Pernelle, reference “tropique”, color light pink (not the best choice, maybe), 140 yds for 1 oz 3/4, to be used with a 4,5mm hook.
  • Design : no sew cardigan (my version).
  • Level : Intermediate (I tried to make it less square shape and more curve friendly).
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    I did a few more changes in the original design

    Follow up:

     

    The sleeves :

    I tried the cardigan while crocheting and I thought I managed to have average armholes, but I ended up with huge ones... I went wrong somehow, or the weight of the yarn stretched the whole thing... Anyway, I had to improvise decreases and turn the first row 'skip 2' into 'skip 6' to avoid the batwing effect.


    Besides, I didn't like the wavy look at the end of the sleeve so I tried different things and settled for 4 rows of seed stitch.


     

    The back :

    I felt a tappered look would be more flattering on my almost-rubanesque figure (don't you just love this word ~ ♡ rubanesque ♡ ~ isn't it way better than plain fat ?) and so I integrated darts in the back but, alas, too late, I should have satrted them before the fronts, weighing and stretching of the yarn brought to almost nothing the effect of the darts. The result is less squarish but not as fitted as I was hoping.


    Darts and decreases were quite easy to work out, but they tended to create a flaw in the repetition of the motif (unless the decreases were worked in 2 motives at the same time).


     

    The borders

    I don't know what the original pattern called for, I was thinking of having a plain and classic 8-rows-of-single-crochet type of border, but I felt the seed stitch was lighter, softer , more casual and more akin to the embossed pattern of the cardigan. I think I'll try single crochet next time, it always gives a very classy final touch. I also added buttonholes and am now on the hunt for buttons that wouldn't scream "help us, she stole us from her granny", which is far more difficult than I tought.

    more pictures

    ☞ with 3 yarn balls used up

    ☞ with 4 yarn balls used up

    ☞ with 5 yarn balls used up

    dans me did it!, écrit le 2007-08-05 à 22:28:53 par Pyo Email totalise 811 views...

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