After waiting for all the yarnie planets to align (and chores and whatnot finished), I’ve taken that Great Leap of Faith and SHRUNK my Cerisara indigo Den-M-Nit cardi…
The result?
JOY JOY JOY
in Yarnville today!
I have to admit, even after my great swatch experiment, I was Nervous! Knitting this cardi didn’t take longer and it wasn’t any more difficult than anything I’ve made before but just the thought of all those hours going Down the Drain, so to speak, if it went south at the very end, made me drag my feet.
But this week was not the week to be weak, and into the hot, hot sudsy water she bravely went (with two thick towels for moral support)!
After a nice spin in the dryer, checking every few minutes just like I’d do if I was felting wool, I removed the sweater when it was almost dry. (The body of the sweater was dry to the touch but the sleeves were the tiniest bit damp at the cuffs.)
I patted it out flat on a table and measured and VOILA! It came out as Planned!
Talk about happy dancing like nobody’s watching – well – you had to see it to believe it!
The fabric was crisp, textured, and a lovely bright navy hue:
Most satisfying of all? My original dream that this design would work well with the indigo yarn came true!
All the areas and details performed in a most lovely way: the lace patterning had lovely “polished-to-white” highlights and the reverse Stockinette stitch made a soft textured field of slightly variegated color.
All in all a most happy knit!
CELEBRATE!
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HAPPY KNITTING (and shrinking)!!!
…here’s all the articles I’ve written on knitting with Den-M-Nit indigo denim cotton yarn…
The Denim Saga
• [part 1] – About that Yarn
• [part 2] – The Sweater Awakens
• [part 3] – Knitting with Indigo Denim Yarn
• [part 4] – Picking Up Stitches using Denim Yarn
• [part 5] – Real-time Shrinkage in Denim Yarn
• [part 6] – the Final Rose – After Shrinking Denim Yarn