I made this sweater for my fiance while he was across the country at a naval training base. I didn’t know any of his measurements and I couldn’t actually take any of his measurements, which made this a difficult project. I did have one of his RTW sweaters to use as a reference, though.
The good:
-Armhole depth
-Sleeve circumference
-Body length
-Neck depth
The bad:
-The neckline is definitely too wide
-The sleeves could be 2” shorter
I copied the seed stitch pattern from Drops 0-851 but I made a lot of changes. I decided to make a set-in sleeves instead of raglan sleeves because I didn’t like the look of the raglan sleeves. I referenced the Drops Twilight Jumper pattern for sleeve cap measurements.
I knit this sweater flat and then seamed it together instead of knitting it in the round. I knew I would be making adjustments as I went and ripping out a million stitches would be terrible. And the thought of knitting 200 stitches in each round made me shutter.
Since my gauge was different from the original pattern and I changed a lot of the measurements (length, sleeve width, neck depth, etc.) and made set-in sleeves instead of raglan sleeves, I pretty much ended up drafting a new pattern.
Measurements:
- Chest: 46.5”
- Length: 26”
- Body Length: 17.25”
- Armhole Length: 8.75”
- Sleeve Length: 20”
- Upper Arm: 14.5”
- Lower Arm: 10”
- Cross Back Width: 16”
- Shoulder Width: 4”
- Neck Width: 8”
- Neck Depth: 3.5”
Total Cost: $67.08
Back:
- with size 3 needles cast on 126 sts, p2 k1 for 2”
- change to size 5 needles and decrease to 114 sts (k8, k2tog across, k6)
- increase 2 sts when piece measures 4” - 116 sts
- increase 2 sts when piece measures 9.5” - 118 sts
- begin A.1 when body measures 10.25”
- work A.2 for 4”
- work A.1
- work A.2 for 2” - body = 17.25” long
Armhole Shaping (over 2.5”/16 rows):
BO for armhole at beginning of each side as follows:
- 4 sts 1 time - 110 sts (2 rows)
- 3 sts 3 times - 92 sts (6 rows)
- 2 sts 2 times - 84 sts (4 rows)
- 1 st 2 times - 80 sts (4 rows)
- 38 sts decreased = 80 sts
Back Neck Shaping:
- when back measures 25.5” BO center 38 sts - 21 sts for each shoulder
- BO 1 st from neck edge - 20 sts for each shoulder
- (WS) BO 10 sts, (RS) work even, (WS) BO 10 sts
Front:
- work as back until armhole measures 5”
- k 30 sts, BO center 20 sts, k 30 sts
- BO 1 st at neck edge every RS row 10 times - 20 sts for each shoulder
- work 4 rows, ending with a RS row
- (WS) BO 10 sts, (RS) work even, (WS) BO 10 sts
Sleeves:
- with size 3 needles cast on 63 sts, p2 k1 for 2”
- change to size 5 needles, decrease to 50 sts
- work even for 2.5”
- increase 1 st each side every 1.25” 12 times (4.5”, 5.75”, 7”, 8.25”, 9.5”, 10.75”, 12”, 13.25”, 14.5”,15.75”, 17” (start A.1 on next RS row), 18.25”) - 74 sts
- begin A.1 when sleeve measures 13”
- work A.2 for 4”
- work A.1
- work A.2 for 2” (20” sleeve length)
Sleeve Cap Shaping:
- BO 4 sts 1 time - 66 sts (2 rows)
- BO 3 sts 3 times - 48 sts (6 rows)
- BO 2 sts 2 times - 40 sts (4 rows)
- BO 1 st 2 times - 36 sts (4 rows)
- BO 1 st at beginning of each row 6 times - 24 sts (12 rows)
- BO 3 sts - 21 sts
- BO 3 sts - 18 sts
- BO final 18 sts = 3.5” sleeve cap width
Neck Rib:
- with size 3 needles, pick up and knit 120 sts around neck edge
- p2 k1 for 1.25”, BO