Friday, October 03, 2008

BRONZE NIGHT: The experiment

Bronze Night Front

Bronze Night will probably not see the light of day, pattern-wise. I knit this up as an experiment in multidirectional knitting, something I've a little smitten with at the moment, but I'm not entirely happy with the result. The idea of a side-knit ribbed lower piece upon which  stitches are picked up along the cast-off top and worked in a concoction of stitches isn't anything new for me. You'll see me play with this in the Autumn Woods evocative workshop tunic vest but here I cropped it a bit so that the ribbing came up over the chest instead of ending at the waist.

 Bronze Night Back

I might try to re-do it because I really love the yarn combo. Recognize any of the yarn babies nesting in there? That's Tili Tomas's beaded silk in 'Salt&pepper' along the bottom and a big, luxe, hank of Great Adriondack's Surprise in Bronzite forming the lead role in the bodice. Liberal doses of supporting players are blended in, of course. But it needs re-working. I want the waist more defined, the overall look more fitted,  and the bodice loose and blousey (please do not squint over at my house with the icicle lights still hanging in what is obviously a summer shot. Those are FAIRY lights, see? We all know that fairies are not seasonal creatures and that I am not one of those people who leave their decorations up  all summer long.....I prefer to leave them up years at a time....)

Texture Close-up