And I almost made it in one skein.
But that’s my fault, not the pattern’s. It called for 150 m & my skein only had 92.
I made the smallest size, and, realizing I was getting close, I worked just 2 rows of seed on the sleeve, then BO in seed, and 3 rnds of K1P1 rib (written with an inch of ribbing & sleeve trim), and came like, seriously 1.5 yds away from getting it all out of one skein of Noro Kujaku (color 22) I had from a Webs closeout. If I hadn’t been greedy about the ribbing (or if I’d started the ribbing at the bottom instead of the final purl row & then worked around the top, turning with short row wraps…), I would have made it.
It fits well, even though I really made it a bit smaller than my size. But that doesn’t matter, because it’s going to my mom & she has a slightly smaller frame than me (and tremendously smaller in the hips, but this isn’t an ass shrug, so I guess I didn’t really need to bring that up).
It took about 4 hrs. Detail of the back:
The yarn’s a little bright for me, but my mom loved it & I made it for her, so perfecto! I think it’s skimpy enough in the pit zone not to get too hot. It’s for the same purpose as the little ponchettes I posted, to cover up sleeveless tops so she can wear summer stuff in her office.
Flat:
My dummies came today, so I’d better get to work, but afterwards, I’m making myself one with some old Cotton-Ease I have. Or maybe I’ll make a madball out of my drawerful of wool ends… Also, just kept knitting the back & cast on an equal number of stitches & added on a tube, you’d have a darling summer sweater. Maybe that’s what I’ll do, actually. I have I think 2.5 sk of tomato red Cotton-Ease & I know they have way better yardage than Noro…
Could you tell me what size needle you used for this yarn/shrug? Did you like the fabric as it came out? I’m trying to make a simple scarf with some gifted Kujaku and I’m not sure if I like the way the fabric is turining out on a size 9 needle.
Did it soften with washing/blocking?
Thanks for your time!
It’s been so long & my records are so crappy that I can’t remember for sure, but my guess would be somewhere between 5 and 7, because it seemed about worsted to me & the fabric was fairly dense. I can’t remember whether the fabric changed, but I do remember that it wasn’t scratchy on, and I was tempted to keep it.