(sung to the tune of "He's So Fine," with apologies to The Chiffons and to the spirit of Ronnie Mack, who wrote the song)
They're so fine (Doo-laan Doo-laan Doo-laan)
Wish they were mine (Doo-laan Doo-laan Doo-laan)
Those beautiful kids over there (Doo-laan Doo-laan Doo-laan)
The ones with the coal-black hair (Doo-laan Doo-laan Doo-laan)
My last two Dulaan sweaters are done. The random sweater:
and the sherbet one.
I knitted this one during tax season but didn't sew it together until Saturday. Isn't it just the cutest thing you ever saw? (No false modesty around here. No modesty of any kind, really.) The neck is not actually wonky; I just didn't smooth it out before the photo.
Here's what went into the box. Don't those sweaters look jolly in their chorus line pose?
I sent off the box of winter boots last month. I hope. I can't find it in the house, so I guess I already sent it.
Details, if you are interested:
Random sweater.
Yarn: Bernat Lana 100% merino worsted, two strands held together throughout. I had two skeins (198m/217yd; 100g/3.5oz each) of each color -- black, dark brown, camel, and white -- and used a bit over half.
Needles: KnitPicks Options US10.5
Pattern: Child's raglan from A Handy Book of Sweater Patterns by Ann Budd. I used the 34" pattern but it ended up to be 30". No, I didn't swatch. I described the stripe pattern ad nauseum here.
Mods: I used a different double decrease for the raglans. Slip 2 tog knitwise; knit 1, pass 2 slipped stitches over. It makes a line of slipped stitches up the raglan and no visible decreases. It also camouflaged the color changes that occurred immediately after the slipped stitches. And I realized after 2-3" of yoke that, at my row gauge, the yoke was gonna be w-a-y too tall, so I decreased every round instead of every other. It seemed to work; the sweater looks more or less proportional.
Sherbet sweater.
Yarn: Tahki Yarns Dazzle, 100% wool, self-striping, bought on eBay last summer. I had five balls, each 100m/108yd/50gr, and I have about enough left to make a nice little cat toy.
Needles: Denise Interchangables US9; 4st/in. I DID swatch for this one. The yarn label said US10.5 needles, 3st/in, and I didn't think that looked right. I much prefer the fabric I got on the smaller needles.
Pattern: Child's drop shoulder sweater from A Handy Book of Sweater Patterns by Ann Budd, size 26", which looks to be about a size 4.
Mods: none. I spit-spliced the yarn to maintain the striping pattern, and I matched the stripes on the front and back, plus the sleeves match each other.
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Shortly after the photo shoot the deck looked like this.
That is a jar of so-called sun tea on the table. Ah, what is so fine as a day in June?
