Cherie Amour
You know, I'm realizing that the reason I don't post as much as I should is that I love having lots of pictures in my posts and Typepad makes it really annoying to put up photos - it seems to take forever for them to upload and they don't rotate photos that need it, so I find myself just not wanting to deal with it.
(if I'm missing a Typepad trick or two, PLEASE let me know!)
At least I can use the flickr "blog this" function, although this only lets you have one picture in a post. Better than nothing, I guess!
So here is Cherie Amour so far. We had a rough start - the damn swatch took like a year for me to figure out and I had to play with needle size a bunch, and I'm still iffy on the fit. She needs a major, major blocking right now. I think I want to pick up and knit the sleeves from the top down, and I just don't feel like doing the math so we're taking a bit of a break while I tackle my first Fair Isle project. (woohoo - color work!)
I LOVE this yarn - Berocco Jasper - a super soft merino that comes in gorgeous colorways. I just could not resist this green/purple combo. The colors are really consistent and have tended to stripe instead of pool, which I mostly like but am a little afraid that horizontal stripes may not be the best look. We'll see.
The pattern is a little iffy - I think the sizing is really funky and not consistent with the swatch, and the chart problems have been well documented elsewhere. That said, I like the idea and I think when I've done the blocking I'll really like the end result.
(if I'm missing a Typepad trick or two, PLEASE let me know!)
At least I can use the flickr "blog this" function, although this only lets you have one picture in a post. Better than nothing, I guess!
So here is Cherie Amour so far. We had a rough start - the damn swatch took like a year for me to figure out and I had to play with needle size a bunch, and I'm still iffy on the fit. She needs a major, major blocking right now. I think I want to pick up and knit the sleeves from the top down, and I just don't feel like doing the math so we're taking a bit of a break while I tackle my first Fair Isle project. (woohoo - color work!)
I LOVE this yarn - Berocco Jasper - a super soft merino that comes in gorgeous colorways. I just could not resist this green/purple combo. The colors are really consistent and have tended to stripe instead of pool, which I mostly like but am a little afraid that horizontal stripes may not be the best look. We'll see.
The pattern is a little iffy - I think the sizing is really funky and not consistent with the swatch, and the chart problems have been well documented elsewhere. That said, I like the idea and I think when I've done the blocking I'll really like the end result.
If you're looking to add more photos and want to skip the typepad slowness, use the 'all sizes' HTML that flickr gives you. Then just paste that directly in the post. Like magic it becomes an instant pic. That way you can rotate them in flickr and not bother with the typepad upload.
Posted by: caro | February 01, 2008 at 04:58 PM
I love the color.
Amy
Posted by: Amy | February 01, 2008 at 08:01 PM
hi..i make one of cherie amour, for myself, and now hit at chest decrease, i read at raverly tht their is a mistake pattern for the decrease, so i wanna ask tht, after ribbing, i just do the 1-14 row neckline decrease pattern? or just follow the lacepattern 2?
thank you.
warm regards
chrissy
Posted by: chrissy | March 18, 2008 at 02:37 AM