I purchased two skeins of hand dyed wool from the very talented Rachel from www.featherbrushyarns.com. (Please check out her face book page to view some gorgeous yarns.)
Both skeins are 100% wool in 8 ply. One colour was 'Bahamas' (beautiful turquoise blue), the variegated one 'Broadshorts'.
After weeks and weeks of trawling through ravelry.com using all the filters eg 8ply, meterage etc I just hadn't found anything suitable. I then remembered the simple jersey I had made using the pattern from Spotlight.
I knew I didn't have enough wool to follow the pattern, so using the same concept and lots of 'guesstimates' & weighing of yarn to ensure I wouldn't run out! I made the top part. (Please refer to my previous Spotlight blog for more info re this.)
To show off the variegated yarn to its full potential, I decided I wanted the stripes to go up and down. I simply measured around my body, and using a 5 st moss border for the bottom band I knitted the torso in stocking stitch to the same measurement.
The best part of this project was I finished knitting on Saturday and as my mother was visiting for the weekend, I got her to sew it up for me! ;) Thanks Mum!
I love how this simple pattern works with variegated yarns, as it is reversible you can simply choose which side you like the best!
