Well, they did it again! Completely changed the blog set up. It is even harder to post than before, but I will try!
Thank you to everyone who commented after my last post. It really means a lot to us!!
Some of you may go way back. If you do, you may remember the Sock Monkey Dress I posted during the 2006 Minnesota State Fair. I did say way back! It went viral and put The Rainey Sisters on the map. Because of that post, I have been associated with sock monkeys ever since.
This ad hit my email a few months ago. You may have also seen it. It triggered my “sock monkey” response!
I decided to recreate the sweater in the ad. I don’t think I quite succeeded, but here it is!
I used Cascade 220. I started out with Joji Locatelli’s Basic Raglan, but it just didn’t work at the neck. I ended up needing to do major surgery to correct it. The neckline just didn’t drop enough in the front. I think that is a major problem with most top-down sweaters that rely on short rows to raise the back neck. It just isn’t adequate. The blue lines show where I machine stitched and then cut out fabric. I picked up the live center front sts.
I wish I had used a marled yarn instead of the color I chose. Also, I used a bluer red than the picture in the ad. I tried lipstick red, but this looked better to me. I do wear it because it’s kind of a workhorse sweater. And, just to let you know how I really feel:
