I have had a love/hate relationship with Habu. As I spoke about in this HabuTextile post, I hate spending money. Habu is not, what you would call, a yarn that you can get on sale at Michaels. However, Olga (my friend, enabler, and huge reason why my credit card bill gets bigger) got me HOOKED. Like, addicted, I would almost say I am nearing crack addict status, but I strive for a PG rated blog, so I will not go that far.
The Habu Tsumugi A-1 for this tunic was actually a left over Olga had. I had always wanted to make this Tunic in the Rebecca #31.
However, this yarn did not yield the same gauge, so I had to recalculate the entire pattern. I am fascinated with this yarn. It is completely organic, and the result is a nice and flowy and (dare this wannabefashionista say it) utterly comfortable! There is this boho look and feel that comes with this tunic, but I am going to see if I wear a white tailored shirt underneath, and some dress pants how this looks.
Project Details
Project name: Bramble Tunic from Rebecca #31
Yarn: 6 skeins (double stranded) of Habu Tsumugi A-1 2/1 Coloway 83- Cork
Needles: Addi Turbo's US 5
Modifications: Umm... I recalculated the entire pattern to fit my gauge. Time consuming, well worth it.
The only problem is...what Habu project will I do next... trust me... more of that to come.
9 comments:
Gorgeous!
Oh, the whining! :)
Beautiful, Paloma. Don't be so cheap...life is short.
I know your little (big) Habu secret...
what a beautiful sweater!
What can I say? Of course blame me and Habu got our cc bills growing, but I just adore the texture and the tunic is person is fabulous!! And I do admire your growing speed, Palomita! Love it, I bet you will enjoy wearing it and will get plenty of compliments on it for many years to come!
It's lovely!
Oooh, it looks wonderful and utterly comfortable--I love the drape!
Beautiful and the colour is lovely.
Heheh... You are absolutely right, Olga is a great enabler. It is really beautiful, Paloma. I love the texture and it looks lovely on you.
It's truly gorgeous, Paloma!
Thank you for sharing your project details -- I love the simple but elegant look of the tunic. It looks very comfy.
Janet (Twisted Knitter)
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