Or not. Being the good knitter I am, I swatched for the lace dress and then gaped at my swatch in horror. That wasn't lace so much as an invitation for everybody to view my private parts! When your swatch is bordering on indecent in it's see-through-ness, then you know that a whole dress knit up in it will be a skanky lacy disaster!
And since I was planning to wear this to my friend's wedding, it wasn't really the look I was going for. Hurumph.
I have a feeling my swatch was too holey because the yarn I used (Sirdar Baby Bamboo) contained no mohair, whereas the yarn specified, Noro Silk Garden Lite, contains a whopping 45% mohair. I can imagine all those fuzzy, free-floating mohair fibres would work to hold the lace together in a much more secure fashion. A case, methinks, of a garment being designed with a very particular yarn in mind.
Unfortunately I had no boundless yarn budget to purchase more yarn with. And I was stuck in the middle of the country, with only the yarn and needles I had brought with me. What's a knitter to do? No fear - pdf patterns to the rescue! I kissed my husband on the cheek for his foresight in lugging his laptop with him on our weekend away (no small feat considering we were on a cycling break!) and immediately downloaded the Principesa dress pattern, which I've wanted to make for aaaaaages. I quickly swatched, gave a joyful chortle of delight when my swatch worked with the yarn I had, and settled down to knit. So before you know it, this:
will soon turn into a hot pink version of this:
And I have 23 days to get it finished. Yikes!
Wow! That's going to be amazing! Now knit...KNIT!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI do hope you'll get a photo like that with the appreciative, leering audience in the frame!
ReplyDeleteYes, much less opportunity for wardrobe malfunction with that dress- and it is gorgeous! Look forward to seeing it.
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Wow that's going to be AMAZING, and perfect for a wedding, can't wait to see the result!
ReplyDeletes-l-i-i-i-n-k-y! that yarn will work with that pattern much better.
ReplyDelete23 days sounds totally do-able.
s-l-i-i-i-n-k-y! that yarn will work with that pattern much better.
ReplyDelete23 days sounds totally do-able.
Ohh what a great colour and I like the back detail of the new dress. Can't wait to see it!
ReplyDeleteVa va voom! Wow that is some dress. Sorry the original one didn't work out, but if this is second place I'd take it!
ReplyDeleteYikes - whatta story! But with a silver lining... that #2 dress is a STUNNER. And I can just envisage how beautiful it's going to look on you when done! Happy knitting :) x
ReplyDeleteWow a beautiful dress. You'll look awesome. 23 days? Plenty of time for a super knitter like you.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the finished dress. It will be awesome!
ReplyDeleteI bow down to you! I am so not ready to knit a dress. Awesome and that one, hooooly! It is pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteLady this dress is going to be jaw (and possibly draw mwhahaha!) dropping when it's finished. You already know I have serious yarn envy with this yarn and you are going to be the absolute belle of the ball. Can't WAIT to see it finished!
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