4 skeins of Silk Garden go a long way (ballet tee)

[Kerry Berry]

For my birthday present to myself back in October, I bought 4 skeins of Silk Garden (color 228 I think, although I don't have a label with me).  I was able to make the Teva Durham ballet top with them.  I actually had a bit left over.  I wish I had planned the color on the sleeves better so that they would be a bit longer. 

Trying to be a model, while not fully understanding the principles of using a flash while standing right next to a wall:


So you can see both sleeves (they don't match, and I'm not sure if I like that or don't).


If you look, you can still see the ladders from my DPNs.

I modified the pattern for gauge and for sleeves.  I had the pattern out of the Loop-d-Loop book, with cap sleeves.  I used Option #1 from Grumperina's guide to adding long sleeves, and it worked really well.

If I were to do this pattern with Noro again, I'd modify the way I did the body so that the width of those stripes matched the width of the stripes on the sleeves.

[PinkMafia]

Its beautiful!

[spentonrainydays]

That really is great, I love the colors.

[GroggyFroggy]

Looks great to me! And aren't you a cutie!

I'm not as creepy as that sounded. 

[hst]

I think it looks great the way it is.  I wouldn't change a thing!

[guessica]

i think it looks awesome.  you can't engineer silk garden too much - better to let the stripes go as they are.  this is the first ballet tee i've seen in a non-solid color - it looks fabulous!  what # of silk garden is it?

[LadySpankington]

I really like it! I wouldn't worry about the sleeves, like them non-matchy

Great job!

[starghoti]

It looks really nice!  But does it itch?

[linda63pt]

It is superb!  I love silk garden.  I even washed it and it gets much softer. 

[Shan]

Beautiful. I think it looks perfect and fabulous.

[mizuiro]

That's just plain hot.  I like it.  Trying to match the stripes would probably drive you mad anyway, more so with only four balls of yarn.  It looks good

[lyrem591]

i love the colors. how did the stripes get in there if you only had four skeins? *is confused*

[spirals420]

i am willing to give this a go.... i love silk garden... what differences did you make for gauge and what not...

[Obsessed Knitter]

Love the yarn, the colors are very nice.

Four skeins? What was the total yardage?

And by the way, I think the sleeves look fine; that's the problem with varigated yarn, each ball is dyed differently.

[rostitchery]

wow!  it is gorgeous, don't change a thing.

[ktkntr]

Wow that is really pretty.  I think I need one!

[DayTripper]

Excellent job on the sweater!  You're very talented...and a gorgeous model 

[knithippie]

I love the non-matchy sleeves... I think it has more character that way! 

I'm also curious about the itchy factor...

[DayTripper]

Great question...how itchy is it?

[ohmystars]

i love this! silk garden hasn't appealed to me until now, the colours are lovely and the stripes are great!
i'm dying to give the ballet tee a go now

[puppymomma]

Great idea to do it with silk garden!  I think it looks great just the way it is.  Very flattering too.

[rhodora]

oooh, beautiful.  the colors are awesome with your hair and it looks like it fits really well.  i'm jealous!

[GirlyGirlBags]

adorable sweater and it looks great on you!  I like that the sleeves don't match, it's more unique that way. 

[crabby]

I agree with everyone about the stripes - you cant' mess around much with Noro, and it looks great just as it is!!

[olivian]

that is really pretty! i think i am going to knit it soon and i was wondering if you could check on the color of the yarn. i googled 228 and it looks like it could be right, but the color you have is perfect! i'll pm you too, but thanks alot! and great job

[Kerry Berry]

Thanks for all the compliments, guys!  I would have responded sooner, but I didn't get any e-mail notifications.

It is pretty itchy, and I do have sensitive skin, so I'm not going to wear it for more than an hour or two at a time.

The labels are at school, and I'm at home for 2 more weeks, so this info is from Google:
4 skeins together makes 440 yards, I think.  The colorway is definitely 228.  I bought that colorway actually thinking it was a different one, but I'm happy with all the greens.