My Drops jacket is finished and I am quite pleased with the way it turned out. Took a little bit longer than I expected as I decided to reknit the arms. The pattern calls for something like 34 stitches for the cuffs, knit straight at then increase up to the shoulder and 'bell-shaped' doesn't even begin to describe. I am not a fan of baggy sleeves and there was a definite risk that the hugeness of the sleeves would use up all my yarn - and possibly start invading other people's stash all by itself - so I frogged and redesigned with my own preferred sleeve style, hugging and long enough to cover half my hand.
Pattern: 103-1 Jacket in Eskimo or Silke-Alpaca with A-shapeYarn: Rowan Chunky Print, in Pit. 7 x 100g balls
Needles: 9mm Denises
Mods: Made body slightly longer, arms longer too and more fitted
The buttons came from my Grandma's button stash that I inherited. They may not be the prettiest or trendiest buttons in the world, but they make the whole jacket seem more special to me.
6 comments:
That's gorgeous. I really love the colour, and the buttons are very special
This turned out so nice! You can be proud of your work :)
It looks fab! I definitely want to make one for myself soon and I like the sleeves change.
Thats beautiful, I like the way you did the arms. A great autumn colour too!
Ooh. NICE colour. <3 Looks beautiful.
Think it's lovely. think your mods are excellent too. I like my sleeves a good length as well - mm cosy.
Lovely lake pics - takes me right back to Feb and my first ever visit there (we had amazingly good weather back then!).
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