Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Finished Ariann Pics!

Here she is....

Pattern: Bonne Marie's Ariann
Yarn: Brooks Farm Riata
Needles: Addi Turbos, Size 5


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You may be wondering why there's no buttoned version. I can button it, but because it turned out long, it pulls across my hips as the button is at the fullest part. So it wasn't too flattering. If I made this again with this yarn, I would make a bigger swatch and measure how much it grew lengthwise as well as widthwise. I think it grew 3" in that direction (although I didn't do a final pre-blocking length measurement) as it ended up being 24" long and should have been about 21". The width grew from about 30" (wayyyy too small) to the 35.5" size that I made. That size fits fine in the upper body and would have worked at the high hip, but not over the butt! Which I don't feel too bad about as not a lot of people have a lower hip measurement smaller than 35.5".

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Beautiful Arrian! And your Christmas Tree is gigantic!!! LOL
But so is your living room I see... And that piano! Aaah... Is it you who play piano?

I couldn't help but notice your wedding photo... Was it taken on a boat?

12/13/2006 07:17:00 PM  
Blogger Carol said...

Fabulous! A beautiful red just in time for the holidays!

12/13/2006 08:27:00 PM  
Blogger Gina said...

You have a gorgeous sweater, just in time for the holidays. Thanks for the hip tip!

12/13/2006 09:33:00 PM  
Blogger Karen said...

Your Ariann came out lovely! It's a great color too. Enjoy!

12/14/2006 09:45:00 AM  

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