About a month or more ago, my friend Emily emailed me a photo of Halle Berry wearing a gorgeous sweater. The question: can you knit this? OF COURSE, I said. Always up for a challenge, I thought, why not? Well, the main reason: lack of time. But that aside, I was at my LYS the same day buying yarn. The first attempt rendered a fabric too thick and heavy, albeit beautiful and luxurious. Went back a couple days later for other yarn. The second attempt resulted in a combination of two yarns to get as close as possible to the fabric in the photo. I was curious to see of anyone on Raverly was discussing this sweater and sure enough, there were already some folks wondering about it. In no time I had the front almost done and then got really busy at work. When I picked the project up yesterday, I realized I had forgotten some things that were very clear in my head a month ago. Together with my friend Paul (an AMAZING knitter), we poured over the fabric, remeasured, recounted, redrew, and reworked until we figured we got it right. Gauge is VERY VERY crucial on this project, much more so than any other thing I have knitted. My next task is to finish knitting and see what the sweater actually looks like. I really do think we are on the RIGHT track. Normally I would whip this thing up in a couple days, but I have my taxes to do today....and since I am self-employed, this is a HUGE task. Ugh.
Update: today I took down the photos and some detailing information, after I realized someone was trying to take credit for the work I had done, under the guise of wanting to be a "test knitter". Right after I provided info on my project, she posted on her own blog that she had done a mock up, was crunching numbers, and commented on the specifics of the yarn I had suggested on my blog and in my email.
NOT COOL.
For those who are interested in knitting this sweater, stay tuned. More info to come soon.
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