This is a jumper which I saw being worn by Sienna Guillory in an episode of the TV series Miss Marple (with Geraldine McEwan - A murder is announced - there's lots of great knitwear in this episode).
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| Rather grainy screenshot |
It took me a while to track down the pattern and I'm not sure now how I actually came across it, but it's from the March 1940 issue of Stitchcraft magazine. I first started knitting this last year with different yarn, but after completing two full pattern repeats (and having already reknitted it because the tension with the needle size given in the pattern was too loose - gah) I decided that it wasn't a pattern/yarn match made in heaven and unravelled it. I think the pattern got a bit lost in the semi-solid yarn really.
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| Version one - frogged |
So, that was that until Fyberspates brought out some new colours in their Scrumptious 4ply. The jade colourway was perfect! I'm really not one to knit up patterns so that they look like the photo (although actually the pattern photo is black and white), but I loved the colour as worn by Sienna Guillory and this was pretty similar, so when I saw it I knew I'd found the right yarn.
I can't honestly say it was a pleasure to knit - the k5tog stitches were a bit fiddly, but fortunately they didn't come along very often. Also, I had to change the instructions for the flowers - as written the stems all sat to the right which didn't suit my desire for symmetry. But I love it now it's done.
This is the second of my vintage KAL projects. And now, 21 posts later, that's this blog all up to date!
ooh this one is gorgeous. You are right, it was a bit lost in the variegated teal, but I do love the look of that yarn too ;o)
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