This is the Lavenda Rainbow Jumper, with long sleeves, because I live in Norway ;) Please excuse the mess in the back, it seems I'm unable to keep my sewing space tidy.
I nearly always reinforce the shoulders and neck of my jumpers with cotton tape, to make sure they keep their shape, and with this jumper I really had to, as the ribbed yoke is very stretchy.
This is the inside of one of the sleeves. I decided not to cut the yarn every time I changed colours, but do it the Norwegian way instead, which is to say I carried the yarn from each colour up the jumper, and wrapped the working yarn around the strands being carried every 4 row or so, making sure the tension of the yarn being carried was OK. My mum and nan used to do it this way and they showed me how it was done when I was little, so I figured I'd give it a go. It turned out very well.
I decided to use as much of my stash as possible and ended up using two different types of yarn; Drops Fabel and Ida Strømpegarn. Ida strømpegarn is a little heavier than Fabel, but the two yarns still worked well together. I made the torso longer than instructed as I wanted the striped part to start at my natural waist. I ended up using 1600 meters of yarn for the jumper which is quite a lot.
Now for something more serious. As many of you out there might already have heard the very kind and sweet Jessica from Chronically Vintage has had her house burned down. It happened Friday of last week, and she and her husband has lost practically everything they own.
There's a Facebook page for people wanting to help out in various ways, and if you live far away and it's impractical to send something you can make a cash donation here. I made a donation as it seemed the most practical solution.
Your version of this jumper is gorgeous! I was not as clever with carrying yarns, and had an enormous amount of ends to weave. I did not know of Jessicas tragic housefire, it must be just devastating. I hope she and her husband get the help they need.
ReplyDeleteThanks :) Yours is lovely too. I like the thought of different versions of this jumper popping up around the world. Because of the slip stitch pattern and different colours available there's no end of possibilities.
DeleteAbout the house fire, I cannot imagine the horror, and although in their case it was arson I find myself paranoiacally checking I didn't leave any gadgets charging when I go to bed or leave the house, that there's nothing flammable left too close to the radiators etc. Last time I checked the donation fund was growing at a steady pace, so that's good.
Oooh, I like your version of the Lavenda jumper! I'm trying to remember if I've seen one with long sleeves before.
ReplyDeleteI can't remember if I carried the yarn up or cut and wove - I suspect I cut and wove as I don't like carrying over more than 4 rows.
Thanks Mim!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've seen this jumper with long sleeves before I made mine. If I thought I'd get any wear out of it I might have decided to go for short sleeves as it looks great, but this being Norway I knew it just wouldn't be any point to it.
This was the first time I carried yarn over such distances, and I felt apprehensive before starting, but laziness won out and it worked fine once I got the hang of it. But it was definitely a couch project, what with all the different skeins of yarn and trying to keep them somewhat under control. It turned out well though :)
Yours came out beautiful as well, I really like the colour combination. Wish I could carry off grey, but it drains me of all colour.
It is beautiful!
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