The Shimmer

I ended up getting this done quite quickly. That's what living in a hostel can do to you.

Ok, so here we go....first, a close up of the front. The ribbing looks pretty good but I had to pick up the stitches THREE times...(long story).


Overview of the back. I love how it turned out. The colours are nicely distributed. Except for the one row of wonky diamonds, I love it.


A look at the texture.


Pulled back view of the front


The side view...this was the best way to see all parts of it together. THe sleeves are so much longer than the back that it looks comical. Love the sleeves.


All in all, I liked doing this. I thought the pattern could have explained a bit more. Skill-wise I didn't find it all that difficult, so I don't understand why a "complicated" pattern also had to be complicated to read, if you see what I mean. The thing that took the most fiddling is when you start the raglan decreases, you also have to decrease the lozenge pattern on the back. You must figure this out on your own, you see...hence the one row of wonky diamonds. Next time I attempt a pattern like this, I might try to practise on scrap yarn first.

posted by Christina @ 3/28/2006 01:17:00 pm