Pattern:
Bobbie
by Diane Zangl, for SWTC
Yarn: SWTC Pure (100% soysilk(tm)) Method: Handknit Completed: February
23,
2008.
I'm calling it a tank top, but it's almost more of a Tee. I made
it mostly according to the pattern, except I worked the bottom part in
the round, and I inserted shoulder straps when I discovered (too late)
that it was going to be too short. I.e., I'd finished the whole
thing and realized that the pattern was going to be a crop top.
So, I inserted shoulder straps incorporating the bobble motif.
I'm not all that happy with the yarn. It feels wonderful, with lovely drape.
But, it was a bit splitty to work with, and it opened up
surprisingly when I wet & dried the finished project (see
before/after below). I suppose, if I'd washed a test swatch, I
would have known that and knit accordingly, so perhaps it is user error.
Before and after
soaking. Note how the whole garment has "relaxed" considerably.
Back -- modeled and flat.
Neck detail and close-up of
the added shoulder strap.
