My second Whispers top is complete. The yarn is the delightful Hazel Knits Artisan Sock in the color Saffron. If you’ve ever ready The Day the Crayons Quit, you’d know there is a fierce debate about whether the orange crayon or the yellow crayon is the “true color of the sun.” I think this Saffron color cinches that debate by being a perfectly sunny blend of the two.
I used almost two full skeins of the yarn and made the 36″ size. Previously I made a 32″ size due to having just enough yarn in a gradient kit. This top has about 6″ of positive ease, so this worked out, but this time I wanted to preserve the look of the pleats and flow of the top so I made a size that follows the intention of the design. I don’t think I made any modifications to the pattern aside from perhaps an extra inch of length.
This top has lovely shaping details at the waist, neckline, and sleeve edges. It makes for a professional-looking piece. Though this yarn is superwash, it didn’t grow significantly when I blocked it. Sometimes I want that in a knit, and sometimes with large pieces like this one, tremendous growth can be terrifying. 
As much as I wanted to put up a bunch of goofy pictures of myself prancing around in this finished garment, when I tried to take the pictures this weekend under a perfect cloud cover I couldn’t get the focus to be on me when using my remote. Then it started to sprinkle, and time was short. Sometimes throwing the dressmaking dummy in the street with a top on it is the best I can do for the day. I’m very particular about taking pictures of things before I ever wear them out of the house. Maybe it’s silly, or superstitious. I feel that if I don’t, something will happen to the item and I’ll never have a picture of it in all of its newly-finished-freshly-blocked glory. I wanted to wear this top on Saturday to a local conference for creatives and so I did.
Knit the Hell Out,
Cassy
Love love love this color. I totally understand wanting to get good photos before wearing something. I wore a jacket thinking I would get photos while I was out and it ended up raining pretty heavily on the jacket. The yarn ended up with a new halo once it dried. While it’s still okay to wear, I still wish I had gotten the fresh off the needles/blocking board photos 🙁
That is absolutely, positively gorgeous! I love the color, the pattern and appreciate the work that went into it. Kudos!
So many polished details! I looooove the color.
The color is so amazing! And the shape, the little detail on the sleeve and the pleat in from make this top so charming! Thanks for sharing! Hopefully you get some photos of you in it soon.
Beautiful! I bet both tops look very different…total win!
Such a happy color. Good tip about the ease. Wonderful job.
As always, I am beyond impressed. I love it all!
Oh wow-this is gorgeous-the color & the design !!!
I love it, so beautiful!!! The sunshine yellow is amazing, and the details of this top are awesome.
I love the style of this top. I’ve already headed over to Ravelry to put it in my queue — thank you.
I love your photos. When I first looked at them I thought, wait, did she really take those with a dummy in the middle of the street? What are her neighbors thinking? And then I laughed because the photos seemed so fresh and different! Kudos on the beautiful sunny yellow sweater!
Wow that top looks amazing! I love the color.
Was it difficult to make?
Nah. It’s mostly knit in the round and the instructions are very thorough.