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This was originally intended to be a Christmas gift for my cousin, but after numerous mishaps I decided to get her a gift card to one of her favorite stores instead. :D

I decided to finish this anyway for my little sister... I loved the pattern when I saw it in Twinkle's Big City Knits, but shame on me, I should have checked all the measurements before I started! I love this book, but the measurements they use are for women with little to no girth in the waist area.

So for those of us that don't have 36" busts and 22" waists (like myself and my cousin, and a lot of other women out there), some recalculation is definitely required! Luckily my sister is tiny, so she will be able to wear this. And now I have learned my lesson about checking those things before I start instead of midway through!

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Rockefellar Sweater pattern from Twinkle's Big City Knits by Wenlan Chia
*knit with two strands of Lion Brand Vanna's Choice held together throughout on size 17 and 19 needles

#4 in the 50 in 2008!

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:iconnyankorita:
OOHHHH!!! that looks GREAT! i want it : l but my waist might be too big for it...

darling, you amaze me with your ability to whoop out QUALITY stuff.
:iconcolormist:
That's an interesting concept--50 projects in a year. If they weren't all knit projects, I'd probably be able to finish them. :)

LOVE this sweater. I'm wearing something similar, but store bought. I like the patterns in yours better, though.

That's so weird that they'd give such odd-ball measurements for the sweater. Usually you have the twiggy measurements and the standard measurements. Rarely do you run into the busty-twiggy measurements.

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:iconkyusai:
It turned out beautiful anyway. Viva women with real measurements.

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:icondragonkissses:
Beautiful work!

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:iconradioactive-orchid:
Thanks! :XD: This is probably one of the few projects in my entire life that I started and finished in the same month! :D

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:iconradioactive-orchid:
Thanks! And yes, I definitely won't be able to do 50 knit/crochet projects... I've got some other things planned as well, like decoupage! I want to decoupage a little trinket box, or maybe a photo album cover. :D I think if I was to make a goal of fiber projects, 20 - 25 would be more reasonable.

I agree, I wasn't expecting the measurements to turn out wonky like that. *shrug* But the patterns are all so beautiful, I'm not too turned off. Now I know to check before I start a project out of there!

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:iconradioactive-orchid:
Thank you! :D

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Thanks! And yes, I totally agree. Hourglass (or in my case, a tad pear-shaped!) women are fabulous!

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:iconnyankorita:
k, so maybe you are not whooping all the time, but you sure are keeping yourself busy with a million projects all the time! (not to mention school...)

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