My Ribby is finished

I used Elann's Peruvian Sierra Aran in Mallard for the body and Jasper for the sleeves and color. I decided to do the zipper band in the Jasper as well. I made the size 40/41 used 7 balls in mallard for the body and about 6 in jasper for the sleeves and the collar. I also tipped the collar in the lighter color. I still have to block the collar because it was laying a little wonky when I tried it on. Even though it looks incredibly small, the ribbing really does stretch out and it fits perfectly...you can see all the ribbing when I have it on but it doesn't look stretched out.

I like the contrast and it also made it easier to find a zipper. I could not find anything to match the lighter Mallard color and really didn't want to wait for one to come from Zipperstop.com. I ended up using a navy zipper that I think blends in quite well. I ended up sewing this zipper in by hand...I found I had more control over lining it up well if I did it by hand. My sewing machine is working quite well after I had it cleaned and tuned up but I am not the best seamstress in the world. Sewing it in by hand really didn't take that long either.

This was a great pattern and I may consider making another one, maybe in a solid color...

Almost finished

with Ribby! This has been the fastest sweater ever! The ribbing seems endless but it really did go quickly. This is the first piece I have knit entirely continentally. I find ribbing is much quicker when I knit continentally as opposed to english style.

I used Elann's new Peruvian Sierra yarn and I love it! It is very soft. I used 7 balls in mallard for the body and about 5 1/2 in jasper for the sleeves. Which just about works out to the 1/3 plus one ball for the sleeves... I ordered extra so now I have 4 balls of the body color left and about 2 1/2 balls of the sleeve color...have to think of something to make. I am not a hat person but maybe an ear warmer/panta sort of thing??

I plan to knit the collar version in the body color and I am going to do the zipper band in the body color as well so I probably won't have much of the body color left when all is said and done.

A little progress

Ribby Cardi update:

I am making the ribbed version and doing the back and sides in one piece. It is about 9 inches long so far. I love this yarn. It is the new Sierra Aran from Elann in the color Mallard. I plan to do the sleeves in jasper which is a darker green color. Although I have been thinking about ordering more of the Malllard and making it one color...hmm...wonder how pratical interchangeable sleeves would be???...NAHH