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December 26, 2014

Made: Red Antrose

December 26, 2014

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I did it! I am finished with my Antrorse. And I love it!

I bought 2 skeins of Cascade Eco+ about a year ago, intending to make Idlewood. I started it. Then put it aside. FOR MONTHS. The partially knitted collar – because that’s as far as I got – and yarn balls sat in a paper shopping bag in my closet. FOR MONTHS.

After I finished the Great Divide Shawl, I immediately poked around my Ravelry queue and decided on Antrose. I had added it to my queue a few months back after seeing Tashia’s version of it on her blog, thinking, “I really like this one.”

And I really do! It knit up pretty quickly. Bulky yarn, size 10 needles…. this sucker went pretty quick.

I made a size 34, and I’m glad that I erred on the smaller size. By measurements, I should have knit a 36, but the 34 fits really well.

Some design notes: The chevron pattern is a nice design touch. The cowl neck is pretty too. I thought about adding some waist shaping, but ended up too lazy to calculate the rate of decrease and increase. When I got to the body hem, my ‘garter stitch in the round’ looked craptastic, so I ripped all that back and worked it flat. Then I seamed up the side when I reached a good length.

The underarm still looks a bit … hole-y, so I’ll probably go back and fix that. I haven’t yet cracked the code on how to make that part of a hand-knit sweater look good. At least that part is at the armpit, mostly hidden.

Pattern: Antrose by Very Shannon
Yarn: Cascade Eco+ in Cabernet bought at Fancy Tiger Crafts
Buttons bought at Fancy Tiger as well.
Link to Ravelry project page, here.

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Posted by norine
Filed Under: knitting Tagged: knit, made, sweater

Comments

  1. Aunt Marti says

    December 26, 2014 at 10:20 am

    It looks great! And it’s finally cold enough to wear our heavy winter sweaters.

    • norine says

      December 26, 2014 at 8:22 pm

      Thank you!

  2. Heather Ferguson says

    December 26, 2014 at 10:35 am

    I’m so in love with this! And I love it even more because it’s red, and it looks amazing on you. I really want to attempt a sweater in 2015, and this one is in my top 5. Congratulations on such a quick finish and gorgeous sweater.

    • norine says

      December 26, 2014 at 8:24 pm

      I also love this sweater! And I’m here for moral support in your sweater knitting. The bulky yarn and size 10 needles made this a really quick knit.

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