A Shakerag top in time for Shakerag knitting
I'm writing this on the way to Modern Daily Knitting's Shakerag Knitting Getaway in Sewanee, TN. That's where I'll wear my new Shakerag top for almost the first time. Last year, I stopped at MDK's headquarters on the way home (?) from the Shakerag retreat and bought 3 cones of Ito Kinu, a laceweight silk yarn. I'd seen a sample of this top (maybe even in this color) and thought I'd like a silk Shakerag top. And I think I was right. I knit this a bit cropped and oversized (though not QUITE as cropped as I'd hoped). I used a tighter gauge than called for in the pattern, so that meant a little recalculation to choose the number of stitches to cast on, etc. I cast on 264 stitches, but ended up with somewhere between a size M and L top. It also meant ordering an extra cone of yarn (which fortuitously was the same dye lot). The pattern calls for picking up stitches along the armholes and neckline, and then immediately casting them off. This worked OK at the ...
