Painting Bricks Sweater in Zebra
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July 8, 2020
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Painting Bricks Sweater in Zebra

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Painting Bricks Sweater by Stephen West
Knitting
SweaterPullover
Me!
Small
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1,066 yards
Mrs Moon Plump DK
5 skeins = 628.8 yards (575.0 meters), 250 grams
Pink
Tribe Yarns in Anstruther, Fife
July 8, 2020
Zebra DK
2 skeins = 437.4 yards (400.0 meters), 200 grams
Natural
Tribe Yarns in Anstruther, Fife
July 8, 2020
Notes

I made a lot of changes!

  1. Provisional cast on to make the fold-over of neck much easier, and less tight to get on and off.

  2. Normal 1x1 rib instead of ktbl1,p1 because I like how puffy it is in this yarn

  3. Max width of bricks is 17 stitches. It got too wide when I went to 19.

  4. Reduced brick width after bust and gradually down to waist to create waist shaping. And then back out again for hips.

  5. Created thumb hole in cuffs.

  6. Made matching mitts with leftovers. Also ran out of pink on bottom hem, so used a bit of Zebra under there - no one will ever know :)

  7. In the end, I found the armpits too low. So performed sweater surgery and cut out a whole section from yoke, and then grafted back together. This could be avoided by just knitting less repeats before putting arms on waste yarn. (Haven’t added post-surgery pics yet)

Super fun knit!!

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80% Merino, 20% Alpaca
126 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: August 3, 2020
  • Updated: June 18, 2024
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