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Marilyn - Rowan 53 a design by Galina Carroll using Rowan Purelife Revive with accents of Rowan Summerspun This Revive had been in my stash for a couple of years.  I bought it for a pattern, but changed my mind.   (How often has that happened to you?)  So it was there, waiting patiently for the perfect design.  When I first saw Marilyn, I loved the neckline and the striped detail...but it was a little too stripey for me, if you know what I mean.   By changing the colourway to something with subtle contrast, I kept the integrity of the design, but made it my own. (Sometimes we can't see past the shades used in the original....tweaking the shades used in a design like this is easy to do.) The only deviation from the pattern was this bust shaping that I incorporated - you can hardly see it but it makes a huge difference to how the sweater fits and hangs. This added two inches to the front piece and gave me the fullness I required, where I req...

One of my very first actually finished knitting projects was a yellow sleeveless shell done in Rowan Glace.....I LOVED IT Over the years when knitting time was restricted due to work and life commitments, I knit wool....because it might take me a year to finish something! I got away from summer knits,  but this year I decided I wanted to be able to wear hand knits all year round.  (I've been thinking this for a few years actually, but it takes a while to get going on something this new and radical :) ) Rowan 53 has some wonderful summer knits in it....now I wish I had more time, or more hands! On the needles right now......Marilyn, Rowan 53 I blogged about this design back in  February .....how I was going to change the colorway..... I started with the front.....because I hadn't realized that this design only has stripes on the front piece.  Then I started Ysolda's Perfect Fit class....and I'm planning on putting a bit of short row shaping in the front piece to make ...