I am happy to report that I finished my Central Park Hoodie! I finished up last Sunday – much of Saturday was devoted to seaming, and on Sunday I found and sewed on my buttons.
I’m a fairly new knitter and and while a lot of this was easy, some of it was really new to me. This was my first KAL and the amount of help and support I got along the way was great so thank you all so much!
Yarn: 8 skeins of Tahki Donegal Tweed in Deep Purple/845 bought from The Village Sheep. I used a full 7 skeins of yarn and probably 20 yards of the next skein (each skein approx 183 yds).
Yarn: 8 skeins of Tahki Donegal Tweed in Deep Purple/845 bought from The Village Sheep. I used a full 7 skeins of yarn and probably 20 yards of the next skein (each skein approx 183 yds).
Started: January 25, 2007
Finished: February 24, 2007
Sizing: For those of you just getting started and are figuring out the sizing, before I started I kept seeing a lot of people saying this was running on the small size. I am 5’6 and if I were knitting a t-shirt I would knit a 34, so I assumed that the 36 would be too snug. Therefore I went for the 40. This is definitely not too snug on me – I wish it were a little smaller/more fitted but I still think the 36 would have been too small.
Modifications: I knit the ribbing on the body a little over 4 ½ vs the 4 inches called for in the pattern, so that it would be a bit longer. I also only did 4”ribbing for the sleeve cuffs vs 5” called for in the pattern. I kept seeing pictures with very long sleeves and many times people were rolling them up bc they were too long. I think my sleeves are the perfect length and maybe could be about ½ inch shorter.
Slightly more info can be found on my blog.
Slightly more info can be found on my blog.
Looking forward to seeing everyone elses CPHs!
5 comments:
Beautiful sweater in a great color -- as to the fit, I think it's too bad that the size increments in this sweater are so far apart - makes fitting difficult.
It looks great! Good job!
Beautiful job on your CPH!! Thanks also for your comments on the sizing. I also am planning to use the Tahki Donegal Tweed, and your comments helped in determining which size to use.
SierraK
Oh, I love that purple. And for a first time sweater you did a beautiful job. Congrats--you should be very, very proud. And thanks for the comments on the sleeves. I just started knitting mine and I don't want to knit the too long.
I want one in purple.......
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