Bubblegum Shrug March 15, 2008

Made for and modeled by my friend Chanel:

PATTERN

“Two-Toned Ribbed Shrug” from Stefanie Japel’s Fitted Knits

Knit in small sizes with 13″ and 15″ patterns (see notes for more details)

 

YARN

Knit Picks Swish Superwash (100% Superwash Wool)

4 balls of color “Bubblegum” (110 yards per skein)

 

NEEDLES

Size 5 circular needles, 24″

Size 8 circular needles, 24″

 

COST*

4 balls @ $2.99 each = $11.96

 

PROJECT DURATION

First cast on date: 02/13/08

(Bind off date:) 02/18/08

(Frogged. Cast on date:) 02/20/08

Bind off date: 03/05/08

—–Total of 22 days—–

 

NOTES

• Yikes! So I made this shrug in the 13″ pattern, which should’ve fit Chanel (according to the book), but when she tried it on it was skin tight and the bottom curled up. Lame! Frogged that.
• Worked it again in the 15″ pattern. Much better! Still seems to curl the teeniest, tiniest bit, but not enough for anyone but me to notice.
• Lesson definitely learned–if you knit this pattern for yourself, go up 1 size, maybe even 2, or else the yarn will pull funny and fit goofy! The same thing happened to my shrug, but I thought I just made the wrong size. But when I saw that Chanel had the same problem I knew it was definitely not us; but that the pattern must be written that way.

BLOG POSTS ALONG THE WAY (oldest first)

1. Oops.
2. Bubblegum shrug: How I hate you.
3. Ugh!
4. Sluggish Shrug Progress
5. Past the point of no return…

*less taxes and/or shipping charges for ease of calculation

 

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