Basically Perfect Sweater (Test Knit)
Finished
May 9, 2024
May 22, 2024

Basically Perfect Sweater (Test Knit)

Tester project info
Basically Perfect Sweater by Veronika Lindberg
Knitting
SweaterPullover
XS
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
18 stitches and 25 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
Rosários 4 CamWool
5.2 skeins = 938.3 yards (858.0 meters), 260 grams
13
Retrosaria in Lisbon, Lisboa
Notes

My measurements
Bust: 82 cm / 32.2 in
Height: 165 cm / 5 ft 5 in
Weight: 51 kg / 112 lbs

Final garment measurements
Bust circumference: 96 cm
Length from underarm to hem: 32 cm
Sleeve length from underarm to hem: 52 cm
Upper sleeve circumference: 28 cm
Cuff circumference: 20 cm

Yarn
Pattern calls for sport weight yarn (300-360 m per 100 g). I’m using Rosários CamWool, which falls exactly in the middle with 330 m per 100 g.

Gauge

  • After wet blocking, I hit both St and row gauge with 5mm needles in stockinette.
  • For the 1x1 ribbing, I got gauge using 4mm needles.

Collar

  • To obtain 104 Sts, I picked up every stitch along the horizontal edges and 2 stitches for every 3 rows along the vertical edges.
  • I bound off using a 5mm needle to make the BO extra stretchy.

Sleeves

My completed basically perfect sweater also appears at the end of this YouTube vlog where I run 30k to buy the yarn for this project in Portugal: https://youtu.be/66XCEJRhg9A?si=Mre6yzFxCZopRU5P

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Finished
May 9, 2024
May 22, 2024
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by Rosários 4
Sport
80% Merino, 20% Camel
180 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: May 9, 2024
  • Finished: May 22, 2024
  • Updated: August 16, 2024
  • Progress updates: 4 updates