Our dear, dear friend Chris saw this beautiful wrap in the Vogue Fall 2009 issue and she knew she just had to knit it. We picked out the perfect yarn - Malabrigo Worsted in Hollyhock, added the needles and off she went.
However, you would think it was a successful project based on the picture below, but my friends, what looked like a simple knit, turned into a nightmare for our dear friend. I for one am not surprised Chris stuck to her guns and finished it - she is that type of person, but anyone else would have thrown it in the corner for a time out. The instructions are awful and the finished measurements reflected on the pattern are WRONG!
Vogue thinks the it should be 120" wide, and Chris' is 60" - this begs the question, did knit a gauge swatch? You betcha! Chris knows the value of doing a gauge swatch. Believe me. Just Vogue's pattern failed her. Take a look - we think it looks great on her:
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If you look at the photo, there is a regular cabled collar above the bertical cables. It doesn't appear in the pattern instructions, I think this is why it came up short....another Voue goof -up at knitters' expense.
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