My new favorite! The Tivoli T from Grumperina, graciously offered for free on her blog. It was a very fast knit. I think it took me about a week of occasional knitting to finish it. I had a few marathon nights in there, especially when I was working on the bodice and could really fly. I did spend a couple extra days adding the edges at the neck and armholes after I initially finished it. I just couldn't control the rolling and the neck was sagging a bit. The 1x1 ribbing there firmed it up and stopped the rolling as did the band of seed stitch at the bottom hem.
I used:
Yarn - one hank of Schaefer Laurel (mercerized cotton) and three hanks of Noro Lily (cotton/silk) in alternating 2 rows of each color.
Needles - Denise Needles - US sz. 8, 6, and 7
This was sort of an experiment of knitting stripes in the round for me, which I really have never attempted before. You can see the result here. It's not what I'd hoped for, but I will try again using another method in the future. I'm planning on adding some pink mother of pearl buttons to the "ridge" in the back where the colors change and call it a design element!
Your Tivoli looks really lovely! Good idea to try stripes.
Posted by: Agnes | August 19, 2005 at 10:32 PM
That looks GREAT on you. You are so adventurous to try the stripes. I'd be sure to lose my patience!
Posted by: Leslie | August 21, 2005 at 08:05 AM
Hey! All of your recent knits look great! I'm in a slump :(. Whatever.
You never update on my bloglines, and I have become very dependent on the updates to read blogs. Finally I was looking and realized that you hadn't posted, but you have, just not updated. Are you updating on other's bloglines ap?
Posted by: Teresa C | August 21, 2005 at 06:42 PM
That looks GREAT, Kyra!! I love it!
Posted by: Abbey | August 21, 2005 at 07:27 PM
Your Tivoli looks great! Very flattering. The stripes add a great touch to it.
Posted by: Christina | August 23, 2005 at 09:05 AM