Anyway, here are the pics:
Here are the details:
Yarn : Rowan Yorkshire Tweed Aran Weight (9 skeins)
Size : Cast on for the 44, increased to the 48 after the waist to accomodate curves (what I should have done is decrease back down again... the shoulders are too big.
Needles : 7s and 9s
Modifications to the pattern:
1. Well, I started by knitting the back and the 2 fronts in one piece. This was helpful in making that part go faster I think.
2. I used a 2X2 tubular cast on to start on the body and the sleeves.
3. I knit the sleeves in the round and increased on the underside of the arm.
4. I did Short-row shaping with a three-needle bind-off for the shoulders.
5. Continued the cable up the hood to the top.
6. Grafted the hood together instead of binding off and seaming it.
7. Added some short row shaping to the hood, as well as the button band (to make the hood rounder and to increase the length of the band along the sides, but not across the top of the head.
8. Knit the button band all at once rather than in 2 pieces.
9. Used an I-cord bindoff around the entire button band.
This is the first sweater I've succesfully made that fits me! Mostly everything else I knit is for babies or toddlers or is a size S to serve as a model at the LYS I work at part-time. Too bad the day I finished this 100% wool sweater, it suddenly became summer. :(
Thanks for all the support and help all the way! I have 2 full skeins left over (does anyone else have extra of this yarn/color) and I think I might try to make a matching small hoodie for my neice. :) That's another project for another day though. :)
7 comments:
Love the color...great jog!
I love the color, the tweediness of the yarn, the tubular cast-on (I must learn to do this!), and the short-row shoulders (I want to do this!). All in all, a fabulous job, great mods!
Great job! I'm glad to see your kitty likes it, too.
Oh sure, the sweater is great.
More importantly....I have the exact same dining room table and chairs! Love 'em!
It's beautiful! I love that color and the cables really jump out at you.
lovely sweater. i think there are some ideas for making toggles in the spring issue of vogue. elizabeth zimmermann may have ideas in her books as well (knitting around or the opinionated knitter)
cheers
I've really appreciated your notes and photos, it's helped me a lot. I'm just about ready to end the hood, and like you, have carried the cable up. I'd like to add short row shaping too, but pretty new to it. Can you give me a hint about where/how many stitches/rows etc? thanks so much
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