{"id":1167,"date":"2021-12-19T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2022-02-21T13:02:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:02:58","slug":"rockin-around-sweater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/knitting\/rockin-around-sweater\/","title":{"rendered":"“Rockin’ Around” Sweater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well, Poison grrls<\/a> have done it again, with this fun holidays sweater! So, obviously I had to knit it straight away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Choosing Yarns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I couldn’t resist using the tinsel yarn, featured in the sample sweater, and going full sparkly for this project!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a lengthy, but enjoyable, deliberation, I decided on going for a “subtle” combination, with an iridescent white tinsel alongside the sparkly cream. I had thought to use one of the silver shades, for full vintage kitsch, but then I thought about going for one of the pinks – so many of those to choose from. I even wondered about going Snow Queen blue, but I was really drawn to the icicle shade, as it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main colour yarn is a DK, rather than a worsted weight, so I went with a natural lace to be held together. As it turned out during swatching, the Stardust yarn was a fine DK (more a sport or thick fingering), so the lace has been saved for a future project, in favour of two strands of the DK held double. (Extra yarn was ordered!) I did think it looked better: the full mohair fluffiness and sparkly fibres sing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to knit a second, without the eyelash yarn, to show the pattern much more, but I’m still thinking on my colour scheme – a project for next holiday season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Knitting Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now, ok, we had a very<\/em> subtle contrast going on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually, I’ll let you into a little secret: the white tinsel yarn on it’s own was just a little too much of a subtle contrast, so I added in a silver\/metallic yarn that I had in my stash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The effect was just right!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Finished Sweater<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Had so much fun knitting this one up. Can’t wait to start wearing it, though I think I may overheat just a tad, with all the mohair and thick yoke section. But hey, I’m still going to wear it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pattern<\/strong>: Rockin’ Around Sweater<\/em> by Poison Grrls<\/a>
Yarn<\/strong>: From Wool Warehouse<\/a>
– Scheepjes Stardust in Capricorn<\/em>
– King Cole Tinsel in Icicle<\/em>
– James C Brett Twinkle in Silver<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Well, Poison grrls have done it again, with this fun holidays sweater! So, obviously I had to knit it straight away. Choosing Yarns I couldn’t resist using the tinsel yarn, featured in the sample sweater, and going full sparkly for this project! After a lengthy, but enjoyable, deliberation, I decided on going for a “subtle” combination, with an iridescent white tinsel alongside the sparkly cream. I had thought to use one of the silver shades, for full vintage kitsch, but then I thought about going for one of the pinks – so many of those to choose from. I even wondered about going Snow Queen blue, but I was really drawn to the icicle shade, as it The main colour yarn is a DK, rather than a worsted weight, so I went with a natural lace to be held together. As it turned out during swatching, the Stardust yarn was a fine DK (more a sport or thick fingering), so the lace has been saved for a future project, in favour of two strands of the DK held double. (Extra yarn was ordered!) I did think it looked better: the full mohair fluffiness and sparkly fibres sing! I would like to knit a second, without the eyelash yarn, to show the pattern much more, but I’m still thinking on my colour scheme – a project for next holiday season! Knitting Up Now, ok, we had a very subtle contrast going on. Actually, I’ll let you into a little secret: the white tinsel yarn on it’s own was just a little too much of a subtle contrast, so I added in a silver\/metallic yarn that I had in my stash. The effect was just right! Finished Sweater Had so much fun knitting this one up. Can’t wait to start wearing it, though I think I may overheat just a tad, with all the mohair and thick yoke section. But hey, I’m still going to wear it! Pattern: Rockin’ Around Sweater by Poison GrrlsYarn: From Wool Warehouse – Scheepjes Stardust in Capricorn – King Cole Tinsel in Icicle – James C Brett Twinkle in Silver<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1289,"href":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167\/revisions\/1289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aelf.net\/aelf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}