CeCe For the Summer
I would love to be able to tell you that I got this finished up right after we went to Michigan. Truth be told, however, CeCe went to Michigan with me, but I never once did anything with her that could be remotely construed as working on her. I felt a little guilty, but I did plenty of other crafting, just not a lot of knitting.
CeCe is a lovely and easy to follow pattern. Bonne Marie did a great job of making a potentially complicated set of instructions easy to follow. And for the size I was making (the second smallest size) I found no errors at all. The lace pattern selected is a nice pattern for a not-quite-mindless by not terribly difficult lace knitting experience. I liked watching the over all design take place. If you've never knit lace in a garment before and want to try, this little cardigan would be an ideal way to get yourself started. I didn't make any adjustments to the pattern, although I have been wondering how it would look with a seed sttich border instead of the ribbing. I did a tubular cast on, and I thought that would give me a loose stretchy edge, but it didn't give me quite as loose an edge as i would have liked.
The yarn i chose turned out to be a nice pick for the project as well. I had some Butterfly Super 10 in my stash that turned out to be right on target as far as the gauge was concerned. It's a mercerized cotton, so it has a nice sheen that gives the sweater a little extra depth. To block CeCe, I used an iron on a setting high enough to generate steam. Then I put a towel between the sweater and the iron which allowed the heat and the steam to work it's way through to the garment without actually touching the iron to the garment.
And that's pretty much all there is to say. I could actually see making another one of these sweaters in a different color because I think this little sweater is so versatile for summer wear -- and there are almost no sweaters that I've ever wanted to make a duplicate copy of. No back shot of this sweater -- not because there's anything wrong with it, my photographer just didn't have time for a full-fledged photo shoot.But you do get to see my nifty new glasses. Sometimes a girl needs a pair of cheetah print frames!
CeCe and the glasses are super! I like your look. CeCe sounds like the ultimate summer project.
I love your CeCe. and your new specs give you that brainy/sexy scientist look! :-)
that turned out super cute! love the purple!
Well aren't you the cutest! Your new glasses are great, too. I'm going looking for new ones this weekend as well.
WOWIE! Super Glam - Super Cool! love love love the purple and those new glasses are simply Divine...
Excellent! Both the sweater and the glasses. I'm a sucker for new specs since I basically can't see without mine. The sweater is lovely.
CeCe looks fabulous on you! And those specs are wonderful! They look fantastic with your face shape!
Ok, so what color are you doing for your next one? :)
Looks lovely!
CeCe looks great! I really love the color.
Look how cute you are in CeCe and the new specs! Love them both.
I love the color!
I haven't ever had luck with a tubular cast-on when I wanted it to *really* stretch. It works fine if you don't expect to be opening it up all the way... but really, you're starting out with half the number of stitches you end up with (at least the way I learned), so you can't expect as much stretch.
VERY lovely sweater! Lace is so gorgeous.
Cece is delightful, and I love the glasses. My husband thinks women in glasses are very sexy so I better not show him your pic!
Love that purple. CeCe looks great on you.
Cece looks great on you. I've got the pattern "waiting in the wings" in the craft room.
I LOVE Butterfly Super 10. I've made Tom 2 golf vests, using that yarn.
That is a cute sweater on you! I love the color! And the cute glasses!
Gorgeous!
CeCe looks GREAT on you Theresa...and that color - perfect!
Beautiful! Love it and the specs!
Nice sweater! I'm in the finishing stages of making this sweater for my granddaughter (also in purple, using KnitPicks "Shine Sport") and it's so nice to get a preview of the finished project! Looks really cute on you. I was wondering about the blocking - the front edges are wanting to roll under so I was wondering if I'd have to stabilize them with some matching grosgrain ribbon - I'll try your blocking advice first and see if that works. Thanks for posting this information.
That purple Cece is adorable! I have 2 repeats on mine and I can't wait to finish. I've already missed several opportunities to wear it.