Pattern: Ballet Top from Loop-d-LoopYarn: Blue Sky Organic Cotton in sand, 3 skeins (used less than half of the 3rd)Gauge: 10 sts = 4 in on US15/10mm needles (owww)
I wore this to work yesterday. After an entire day dealing with the forces of gravity, weight, and general movement, the back scoop of the ballet top had crept like, halfway down my back. This thing stretches like mad, however I'm thinking it's doing it mostly under its own weight. That cotton double stranded is rather heavy. Hopefully a throw in the wash will normalize it, but I'm wondering what a wash will to do this here Blue Sky cotton. It's so soft and really cottony, fibrous cottony like a cotton ball (duh), will a spin in the wash turn it into a mangled fluff? It was pilling before my eyes while I was wearing it.
Onto the technicalities. Knitting with size 15 needles is murder, but then you get a finished piece in a day, wow! So I didn't do this in the round, next time though I will try. It'll go by even more quickly. Let's see, I also only increased after the waist twice instead of 5 times because as you know I fear loose garments like the plague. It still came out slightly bigger than I would prefer but what'reyougonnado.
I also crocheted a flower for this but when I pinned it on, suddenly I was all, "Hi I'm ten, let's play with My Little Pony!" So flower was quickly nixed. That's it. I consider this an easy one-off. Maybe I'll do it again.
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