I'm interested in how much negative ease you are using in all of the beautiful completed Tomato pictures. I have a sneaking suspicion that mine is going to be too big and I would like to frog it now rather than later when I've spent more time knitting it. I started making the size 40 and that is exactly my bust size. Then I saw Rachel's post and hers looks great with 3.5" of negative ease!
Susan
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I definitely am glad I went with the negative ease. Even with 3.5" of negative ease, it isn't too tight. Even an inch smaller would have been fine! I'd been a bit nervous with so much neg ease, but trusted those who went before me (hee hee). They were right!
Thanks, Rachel! I'm glad that I didn't get very much done yet. Off to the frog pond am I.
If you haven't already, you really need to check out the Knitting Daily series on this pattern. Sandi Wiseheart knit a Tomato and wrote all about it, including using negative ease, adding bust darts, etc. You may need to sign up for knitting daily to see her posts (maybe-- I'm not sure), but it is definitely a treasure trove of information. http://www.knittingdaily.com/
Ooh, I see that Sandi moved the herringbone pattern down to an umpire waist style design element! I'd been thinking of doing that. (I'd even photoshopped the Tomato finished products of other people to see how it'd look!) I'm so glat to see Sandi's version. Thanks for that link. :-)
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