Custom-Fitted Hitch
Finished
February 19, 2015
June 5, 2015

Custom-Fitted Hitch

Project info
Hitch Pullover by Vanessa Ewing
Knitting
SweaterPullover
me
Needles & yarn
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
1,438 yards = 13.2 skeins
Hansa Farm Baby Alpaca 100 (DK)
none left in stash
12 skeins = 1308.0 yards (1196.0 meters), 600 grams
2K6464
Brown
Hansa-Farm® Shop
August 26, 2014
Hansa Farm Baby Alpaca 100 (DK)
523 yards in stash
1.2 skeins = 130.8 yards (119.6 meters), 60 grams
2K6953
Brown
Fairalpaka
March 20, 2015
Notes

Custom-Fitting Hitch:
Average fit
Medium-hip length

Used 660 g yarn in all.
Sleeve pattern inspired by Elsebeth Lavolds “Viking Knits & Ancient Ornaments”
Knitted the first sleeve four times till I had the right width, so it is a pullover with five sleeves. :)

Body
Calculating stitches:
Body according to custom fit pattern: 2 x 126 = 252
Additional sts for rib pattern on body: 2 x 8 = 16
30 sts rib pattern on each side instead of 22 sts.
Result: 268 sts
Additional sts for rib pattern on edging: 20
Final result: CO 288 sts

Rib edgig: 22 rows.
Decreased 20 sts after rib edging: k1, k2tog, k10, k2tog 9 more times, k3; rib panel; k1, k2tog, k10, k2tog 9 more times.
Result: 30 sts rib panel each side and 104 sts between them front and back: 268 sts.

Back: 94 sts
Shoulders: BO 30 sts each side, 34 sts remain.

Sleeve knitted top down following CustomFit Instuctions.
Picked up 32 sts front and back + 28 sts from cable pattern (shoulder extentions) = 92 sts.

Short Rows with YOs:
Row 1 (RS): YO, work to last st before YO, knit YO together with the next stitch, turn.
Row 2 (WS): YO, work to last st before YO, purl YO together with the next stitch, turn.

Continued until 16 sts remained. Joined in round decreasing 1 sts.
Next Rd.: dec. 1 more st at the same place. 90 sts remain.

Started shaping at row 23.
Dec: 2 x 2 sts every 8 rounds and 9 x 2 sts every 7 rounds. 64 sts remain.

Started Cuff at round 130: 72 sts = 34 + 38

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February 19, 2015
June 5, 2015
 
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  • Originally queued: August 11, 2014
  • Project created: February 19, 2015
  • Finished: June 5, 2015
  • Updated: January 2, 2016
  • Progress updates: 13 updates