Slightly Sassy Rambouillet- Finished!

I finished this up on Friday afternoon and blocked it right away.  I did I-cord bind offs on all of my edges using the Lilac skein that I had.  I didn’t quite use up all of my handspun, but I did use up most of it.  It is a nice t-shirt, very comfy.  I did screw up a bit on the neckline when I added the extra rows to increase the armhole depth.  I should have done the last two neck increases right away, joined to work in the and then worked the rest of the armhole increases.  I sewed the neck edge together where the slope changed to make a little key hole.  The top still fit without that mod, but it fits a bit better with the mod.  I made a note on my pattern modification in case I knit another one, which I just might do.  It is an easy pattern, and seems to work great with handspun yarn.

Pattern:  Slightly Sassy V by Aimee Sher

Yarn:  My handspun Rambouillet 

Needles:  US 6 (4.0 mm) for the body, and US 4 (3.5 mm) for the I-Cord.

Slightly Sassy Rambouillet - Raglan Shaping Done!

The raglan shaping is done, and then some!  Yeah, this one is just hard to put down, knitting my handspun Rambouillet is just so nice.  At this point I’ve knit up two skeins and started on a partial third.  I have some partial skeins from frogging the tank, which I will use on the sleeves.  I did make a modification to the raglan shaping, which for my size ended on row 54, after several rows with raglan shaping on every row.   I’m not exactly crazy about that every row shaping as it makes a run of tight stitches that I think are just not that attractive, plus I needed more depth for my armholes.  I ended up ripping back those rows, which was easy to do with this yarn as the stitches do not disappear making it pretty stress free to just pull the needle out, rip back, and then carefully put the needle back in to the stitches.  After I got all my stitches back on the needle I reknit those rows but only worked the increases on the right side rows, adding six more rows to get the armhole depth that I need.  Unfortunately I may have done something screwy with the neck shaping in the process (adding those extra rows changed the slope a fair bit), but it looks like it will be easy to deal with when I work the neck edging.  The fit is absolutely perfect, and I am very much looking forward to finishing this one up.

Pattern:  Slightly Sassy V by Aimee Sher

Yarn:  My handspun Rambouillet

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Slightly Sassy Rambouillet - Cast On!

After the disaster that was the Tarahi Tank.

I frogged that project and reclaimed the yarn.

Using the Tahari Tank as giant gauge swatch I went searching for a better pattern and found the Slightly Sassy V by Aimee Sher, a top down raglan top that is easily adjustable for body and sleeve length.  This is my handspun yarn, the first spin from the Breedschool that I started almost exactly a year ago.

It was an amazing fiber to spin, and it is so nice to knit with.  I dyed it up using WoolTincture Dyes.  Even though I frogged the Tahari Tank last November, I didn’t cast on this top until May 3, after finishing my Copenhagen Cardigan.

Pattern:  Slightly Sassy V by Aimee Sher

Yarn:  My handspun Rambouillet

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Tahari Tank - Armhole and Neck Ribbing Done!

I have not forgotten about the second Moderne Sock, but I did get just a bit distracted by this project, which I cast on back on October 28.  The first breed of sheep that I spun in my Breedschool was Rambouillet, and it was a delightful spin, resulting in three pretty consistent skeins of sport weight yarn and one smaller skein approaching fingering weight.

Last month I dyed the three larger skeins up, first in Lilac, and then because I really didn’t like the pale color, I overdyed them in Eggplant.  I had been searching for the perfect pattern and when I finally found it I immediately cast on.  So far the knitting has gone extremely well, I was able to get gauge using a larger needle than that called for in the pattern, but my yarn is also a bit heavier than that called for in the pattern (which calls for a fingering weight).  The fabric is wonderful, and the fit is pretty darn good.  The pattern instructions are extremely well written and easy to follow, and I was just having so much fun knitting that I didn’t want to do anything else.  Now I have this to the point where I’m just knitting in endless rounds (until I decide it is long enough and start the ribbing), so it is perfect mindless TV and reading knitting.

The ribbing is 1x1, and is bound off using the Tubular bind off.

Pattern:  Tahari Tank by Tanis Lavallee

Yarn:  Rambouillet handspun and dyed by me

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm) and US 4 (3.5 mm - for the ribbing)