Rockefella Sweater

I must admit I was a lot happier with this sweater than with the Twinkle Hoodie. The Yarn I used was not itchy at all, it was merino wool, and it had a faint lovely barn yard smell in it. I enjoyed the pattern, it was more interesting to do, the cables were a nice touch but I feel the lacing around the cables took away from it, it made it look too holey. I feel i went a little light on the gauge as I did not want to but the very expensive twinkle yarn. I managed to get the similar look, but if I had used the correct yarn I feel the weight of it would have made the garment lay better. But honestly, how much more bulk can you stand? I like it for around the house, and on accident I might wear it to the store. Poor Twinkle Hoodie would never be let outside, so all in all I feel it is a better sweater, and yarn for this. But it is now official, I am done with the bulky knits phase.

Twinkle Hoodie

I am going to tell you how I feel about this sweater. I love the yarn but I am finding alpaca to be scratchy, but very soft. Bulky knits seemed like a good idea in theory, but when actually done I found them less rewarding. For one, they do knit up fast, but the stitch size leaves little room for details sans a large cable or to I thought in theory they would be wonderful…a quick way to knit up a sweater in an adult size and practice making sweaters. The design seemed too small, the sleeves were supposed to be 3/4 and I was not happy with that. I ended up altering it, adding ribbing on the bottom to make it longer, and adding on to the sleeves. The yarn does stretch a considerable amount when knit on such huge needles. I had to rip and redo the sleeves because they went over my hands. The yarn was too bulky, to the point of being unattractive, I would wear it around the house, but not out. I feel a more structured and form fitting sweater would make me happier. I loved the experience, but I feel my chunky knits phase is officially over. Laid out it looks cozy and inviting, but when I put it on i felt lost and the fabric stretched out of shape. Its made for less than a curvy woman, in my opinion...bulky does not wear well on an average frame.