Tivoli Tee complete

My Tivoli Tee finally was dry this morning and I'm happy to say I'm thrilled with the way it turned out!


Pattern: Grumperina's Tivoli T-shirt
Yarn: 3 skeins Noro Lily in Olive (I used the larger UK skeins versus US) on size 3 needles

This was a great project. Some notes:
- I knit the smallest size that was originally written for Debbie Bliss Cathay and subbed the Noro Lily. Although I love the drape of the smaller yarn, I could see how much faster and rewarding this would be in a worsted weight yarn.
- It took me somewhere between 12-15 hours to knit. I'm going to try to keep track of my future projects to get a better sense of the time involved in a project.
- I did not crochet the edges to prevent rolling. It was rolling like crazy before I blocked it, but after that the rolling was minimized.
- I am so happy that I knit it small. When I first tried it on, it looked OK for about 10 seconds, but when I moved around it bunched up under my arms until it was above my belly button. Blocking it to measurements really worked well for me and it fits great!
- Noro Lily is a pretty good yarn to work with. It looks like the yarn is braided, so I rarely split the yarn while I was knitting. The finished fabric is so soft and has a nice sheen to it. It worked well for this project.

I really like the raglan decreasing on the arms. It's a simple detail that works very well.


Yay! A successful knit! When I was lamenting to my sister that I feared that I made it too small, she commented that I tend to be critical of my knitting. Not this time - I love it!