Dustin' it up!

The Tilted Duster is finished. Cristi took the Tilted pictures for me on Saturday afternoon.

Because of the ribbing, this really is flattering - though you can't tell here...

Buttons...butterfly buttons pick up the blue in the heather and there is a perfect purple line in the butterfly as well. Plain black on the inside for a little more support (and they only had 2 of the butterfly buttons anyway.)


Pattern: Tilted Duster by Norah Gaughn - Interweave Knits Fall 2007
Size: 40"
Yarn: Cascade 220 The Heathers - Amethyst Heather - 6 balls
Needles: Size 9 Denise
Modifications: I knit the sleeves in the round - dropped the 2 seam stitches to do this. I also added a hook and eye at the bottom of the top and above where the skirt starts. When we took these we realized that I needed to move it a little further in since it gaps a bit the way it is. I added this for 2 reasons. 1- so that I can leave the collar open if I want. 2 - because it helps it lay a little better I think.

Thoughts: I really like this. It was a fast knit, its cute and it fits well!

I am zombie Aimee...

I totally called that

I knew it. I need just a LEEEEEEEETLE bit more of this yarn to finish the duster. If I had done the collar first, I would be fine as my skirt is a little longer than called for even though I did the number of required repeats. I could have done 2 fewer and been happy with it.

Luckily I have a line on more yarn. I guess this means it will be on WIP Wednesday AND I will have to work on something else in the meantime (oh the HORROR!!!) although I have been VERY good with working on just one thing at a time.

*surveys WIPs for what to work on now*

Dustin it up!

Another Wednesday, another WIP. And yes, only one. I have been VERY good this week. Mostly. But everything else I worked on in the last week is finished ...wait, everything else? that sounds like more than one thing....not the point!!!

Today we are looking at the Tilted Duster!!!

Look, we have sleeves. Two finished sleeves.

And a finished top. Yes, both fronts and the back and I am working down into the skirt now.

Look at that perfect side seam. Notice up there that the shoulders aren't seamed yet. Yeah. Well, one was. But it looked like ass, so I ripped it out. Thoughts on the best way to seam them without looking like ass???

This is a super fast knit and as long as I don't run out of yarn and I don't crap out on finishing there is a good chance I will have this done next week.