Another Jimi Cricket. This time I’m going out of my comfort zone and go for the loudest colour in the room! I think it will work very well.

I’m not usually a hot pink person, so here goes…!

FYI: 4mm N for ribbing, 4.5mm N for body & sleeve cap, 5mm N for sleeves.

Verdict
Woah! Someone, pass me the sunglasses! This pink is really HOT! But, I LOVE IT!! It’s fun, it’s preppy and it will go with just about anything.

Before starting this project, I thought I’d be in danger of running out of yarn, but my calculations were spot-on and I used exactly the amount of yarn as I predicted (with about 10g of MC yarn left over). I should have more faith in my math-work! ;-) Anyway, big thanks to Angela for bailing me out of a potential disaster by selling me her skeins of the same yarn.

Working with this amount of cabling can slow a person down, but thanks to the technique of working without a cable needle, everything went to schedule.

The Fit
The fit is perfect. I followed size S (34) knowing that my gauge for Primo Worsted was a little tighter than the pattern’s gauge, which calls for Primo Aran. I took a chance by working the same size and the same needle size as per pattern because both Primos have similar growth tendencies, so I reckoned that after a bit of bashing at the blocking stage, I’d get it to where I’d want it. But in this case, no bashing was needed.

To Block, or not to Block
Instead of wet blocking, I used a wet tea towel and hot iron to press open the edges before seaming. Once seamed and finished I passed another ‘steam iron’ treatment over the whole thing. The sleeves needed a bit of attention, mostly to relax the strangle-hold I had on it with my knitting tension!

Now, where are my sunglasses…..?