« I have been knitting, honest I have... symptoms of autumn drawing in | Main | Wow! Thank you! »
October 19, 2010
Loppem
Loppem by Nora Gaughan is a lovely short sleeved cardie, knitted in one piece, which was a delight to knit. It went fast. It stayed interesting. It was easy to adapt.
I knitted this one in Patons Jet, in a lovely pinky brick colour. The yarn is a chunky weight, and the pattern called for aran weight. I knitted a tension square on the suggested needle size, just to see what the fabric was like, but it was too stiff. I went up a needle size, and to compensate for that and the fatter yarn, did the smallest size. This easily fits a 36 inch bust. I lengthened the body from 9 to 13 inches to keep my kidneys warm.
The result is rather nice - though it fits my mother better than me, so she will end up with it.
The yarn came from Kemps, and was 69p a ball.... I used 7.5 balls. Cheap! Warm! Red! Delightful.
Posted by glittrgirl at October 19, 2010 1:18 PM
Comments
Lovely ;)
Posted by: Skitten68 
at October 19, 2010 3:17 PM
Lucky mama, that's a mighty fine way with some thrifty knitting. I really like it. Nora Gaughan is a true knitting genius.
Posted by: purlpower at October 27, 2010 8:07 PM
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)
