I finished the first half of the Tokyo top on Friday and got it blocked. As the end approached, I grew increasingly concerned about the size: I had calculated that the top was going to grow quite a bit when I blocked it, since that’s what my swatches had done, but the finished piece was so small that I became convinced it was too small. I even came up with a plan to add side panels to make it larger. But then when I blocked it, it grew a lot, and it came out just the right size.
Sometimes, it’s hard to trust the voice of experience.
Here’s what it looked like when I draped it across my torso and took a picture of myself in my dimly-lit yellow guest bathroom.
I think I’m on the right track. The only bad news — and it seems like bad only to me, I suppose — is that this is taking a lot less yarn than I would have thought, so I will have a full ball of Tokyo left when I finish it. I like this yarn a lot, but when I’m done with this top, I’m done with the yarn. I don’t want to have to make something else with it. I feel a contest coming on!
Oh, and I upgraded WordPress over the weekend. There’s a bug that’s giving me some trouble, but I think everything is working now. Let me know if you see any problems. Sigh.
I’m like that too, once I’ve decided what I’m doing with a yarn, if there are leftovers, I really don’t want to work with it any longer.
The yarn is pretty and Tokyo is looking good.
Your Toykyo Top will be lovely – hurray for good calculations that don’t lie
I think Tad upgraded tadandmel & his site, but I haven’t done mine yet. I’ll see if he’s having any problems.
I may have missed it – but is it going to be a boatneck sweater? I think that would be quite lovely, and I am really enjoying seeing this one shape up.
I love the range of greens in this yarn! Looking forward to seeing the finished product. Your Fana sweater is incredible, by the way. I am in awe!