Progress Report

Last night I finished the body of the sweater!



Here's a closer look at that cool cable up the back

I'm pretty sure I'm going to go ahead and take that cable up the hood too because I really like the way it looks

So now its on to the sleeves (I'm planning to knit them both at once so I don't have to worry about that whole "they don't match" issue)

How's every one else doing?

Zipper advice

I'm just finishing sleeve #2 and am thinking forward to whether I want buttons or a zipper. I'm thinking that buttons may create "gaps" when I button it up. How have folks finished the front bands when they put in a zipper...are they kniting the same way they would for buttons without the button band? I saw some reference to I-cord bind off, was this after the button band had been knitted. After all this work, I want to be sure I finish it so it looks as well as possible.

Sleeve increases

Oh dear, I think I increased on the sleeves incorrectly - every 6th row instead of every 8th for the first few. Well, anyway, I have finished the front pieces and back. I have used the Tahki Donegal Tweed in a teal with orange and other color fleks. Here they are ->

Revised plans

I wrote recently about starting the CPH with Cascade Superwash for my daughter. Well, I've decided to knit one for myself first. I'm using Plymouth Encore because I found a beautiful green tweed at my local yarn store's 40% off sale. I'm on my second day of knitting and have two cable repeats done on the back. The photo I have here was from the first day of knitting. I'm excited to finally be started. I am knitting a size 40 and plan to make it one cable repeat longer than the original pattern.

Question about increases

Hi everyone! My sisters and I are currently having a CPH knitalong, and I'm working on the sleeves. This is only the second sweater I've attempted, and I'm kind of learning more about knitting as we go.

I did have a question, about the increase on sleeves. There seems to be about a kazillion ways to increase a stitch - and I wondered what everyone did for an increase, and what they found to work the best? So far, I've been doing a M1L (I saw the video on knittinghelp.com), and that seems to be working well.

I can't wait to finish this! I really love the pattern. It was overwhelming when we first printed it out, but once you get going it's really fun.

No Wool

Hi,

I am looking to knit this in something that is not wool. Does anyone have any suggestions? I would also like this to be machine washable and dryable.

Thanks,

Carol

Hi, I'm new and just getting started

I just got my yarn to start the CPH I am making for my daughter. After buying the yarn (Cascade 220 Superwash) I began reading more here and in the Flickr group posts and now I am concerned about my yarn selection. I am also struggling a bit with what size to knit. I get the sense from what I read that many people think the CPH as written knits up too short, that the arms are too narrow, and that you need to allow ease for the sweater (if you are a 37" size by measurement, you would make the 40" sweater). I'm sure I'll be looking to some of you for help as I get going. Here's a photo of my yarn. I love the color, but am worried if it is too thin for this project.