I posted a little picture of my clementine shawlette as a work-in-progess a few weeks ago, before my two-week break. I actually finished it quite quickly, within a week or so, but I wasn't happy with the result for two reasons. One, it was too long to sit nicely on my shoulders (although it fit around my neck perfectly) and two, I didn't like the grafting job that I did on it.
So, lots of procrastinating left this project hanging around for almost a month, finished but not really finished. I scrounged up some motivation yesterday morning to undo the grafting plus ten rows or so of each piece, then I redid the grafting. The whole job took less than an hour.
Pattern: Clementine Shawlette by Michele Rose Orne from Interweave Knits Spring 2007
Yarn details:
- Novita Bambu
- 68% bamboo, 32% cotton
- 50gr = 135m
- colour #550
- about 140gr used
Finished measurements: 150cm long x 26cm wide
I actually really enjoyed making this, but by the end I was starting to get a little bored. At the beginning of the pattern, I needed to refer to the chart all the time, but as soon as I hit the long, straight part, it was all systems go. I would rate this as an advanced-beginner pattern.
I don't often comment on yarn too much, even though I've been educating myself about it a lot recently, but I would like to comment on this particular yarn. Novita yarns are available in supermarkets all over the country here, and I suppose that can give one the impression that Novita doesn't make good quality yarns. Come on, yarn from a supermarket? I expect to find only discount acrylic in supermarkets, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with this yarn. It's soft and lucious and it was a dream to work with and lovely to have next to my skin. Hooray for bamboo!
2 comments:
Just lovely! I never see Novita here in the U.S. I'll be on the lookout for it next time I'm in Europe, though.
I'm glad to hear that you liked the yarn. IT's nice to find some yarn, which is not expensive and still great to work with. Your shawlette turned out very nice. I'm not a lover of the color pink, but it's lovely nevertheless. :o) I didn't even look at this pattern twice, when I looked through the magazine. I saw it finished on another blog, and it blew me away. This pattern really shines, depending on what yarn one uses. What's next on your needles?
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