Reverb !

After all my ranting I have to admit that after wet blocking with fabric conditioner, the yarn has transformed and blossomed into a decent velvety tweedy fabric. It actually feels very nice indeed.
I was not sure with the colour at first but now its really grown into me- summer-y and bright..
I had a struggle with the buttons- I bought expensive ceramic from the states and  a set of fancy painted wooden buttons only to settle for some cheap and nasty plastic buttons from John Lewis department store. I think they suit this cardi rather well.
I'm a bit aware of the collar but maybe it is just fussy me ..
All in all a great day to day cardigan :-)

 

Reverb update !

 

Well my Reverb is just without its button bands. The photo above was taken before wet blocking.

You can see my waist shaping there. The reason I decided to block it before attaching the button bands is to see if slight details I was unhappy with ,were improved as a result of the blocking.

 

 

I have thin arms so when starting on the sleeves I've decreased few stitches around the arm circumference. I often do that . But this fabric is very stiff so there was a sharp and unsightly 'valley' between the shoulder area and the start of the sleeves 'arms'. when blocking,I pulled out the offending areas so all look more or less continuous.

I'm also struggling with my button choice. Should I go with rustic- horn, wood? green or brown? should the buttons pop out or disguise in??  decisions ,decisions..

Do you want to see what projects were pushed aside in favour of reverb?

Can you guess what they are? :-)

 

Reverb fever !

As soon as Wool People 5 came out and I saw this crisp cardigan everything else I was working on was shoved unceremoniously to the further side of the sofa , my hands were shaking and a fever took hold to cast on. I did not even want to wait and order yarn. The only supplier of Jared Flood's yarn- Loop yarn in London does not have in stock much of that beautiful dirty yellow.

I wanted instant gratification so the only suitable yarn I found in my stash was a bright green discontinued Rowan Scottish tweed DK in apple. I have only 7 balls and I know I'm somewhat short on yardage but with a blind knitter faith I dived in. I'm trusting that designers increase the yarn requirement by about 10 percent, I have short arms and I'm going to make waist shaping- surely this is going to work ... :-))

The yarn is awful, I never have had so many knots concentrated in one spot. The yarn at times is not even plied . Look at the photo below -it is like knitting with two strands together- absolutely appalling. It is as scratchy as you expect as well..

 

 

 

 But the fact is that I'm enjoying the pattern immensely, it is easily memorised . Look at those crisp waves  and excellent definition,. A wonderful design by Tanis Lavallee .

 

will keep you updated ! x