Between work and a new apartment, and a million other things, I finally had time to make my swatch. This will be my first CPH (and my first cardigan in general) and I'm using Sugarloaf yarn from Valley Yarns. Below you can see my swatch (and I
apologize if these photos are too big) - I was concerned that it wouldn't look good because the yarn is single ply and very squishy, but I seem to be getting good stitch definition. Forgive the weirdness of the swatch in the bottom photo, by the way. Once I got (almost) gauge in stst I switched to the cable pattern to see how it looked. I actually experimented with two different cables - the lower part of the swatch is done over 7 sts, and the top part is over 9 sts like the pattern says. I think I'm going to stick with 9 sts, because I like the elongated look.
As I said, I got "almost gauge" - basically I'm half a stitch under the pattern's gauge. Instead of redoing all the math (I have three WIPs languishing right now due to math issues) I'm going to make the next size up, since it runs snug anyway. If anybody sees any obvious flaws in that plan please feel free to let me know!I'm planning on knitting the body in the round but probably the sleeves will be knit flat and at the same time so I can make sure they're even. I'm very excited to finally cast on!
1 comment:
I did my swatches the same way and did tons of them on different needles. In the end I had to soak and block the swatches to get proper gauge. Give it a try and you just might gain you 1/2 stitch.
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