H e a r t w a r m i n g S w e a t e r T e s t
Finished
April 23, 2019
May 28, 2019

H e a r t w a r m i n g S w e a t e r T e s t

Project info
Heartwarming Sweater by Olga Putano Designs
Knitting
SweaterPullover
OlgaPutanoDesigns on ravelry
Size 5: finished bust circumference 48"
Needles & yarn
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1,289 yards
Cascade Yarns ® Llamerino
291 yards in stash
3 skeins = 873.0 yards (798.3 meters), 300 grams
5395
Natural/Undyed
Shuttles, Spindles & Skeins in Boulder, Colorado
April 22, 2019
Dream in Color Everlasting DK
74 yards in stash
0.73 skeins = 200.8 yards (183.6 meters), 73 grams
Blue-purple
Fabric Bliss in Denver, Colorado
September 23, 2017
Posh Yarn Martha DK
110 yards in stash
0.94 skeins = 215.9 yards (197.4 meters), 94 grams
Notes

Test thread

04-23-2019

Knitted the swatch on US6, US5, and US4. Blocking now. Will see which one will give me gauge

04-24-2019

US4: 20sts x31rows per 4 inch
US5: 18sts x28 rows per 4 inch
US6: 16sts x24 rows per 4 inch

So will be using US4 as my large size instead of US6, and US3 for the rib

04-30-2019

Finally had time to cast on :D

05-02-2019

Row 25 of chart done. Found a mistake on rows 19&20, let Olga know.

05-03-2019

Row 32 done

05-06-2019

Yoke done. Used 63g. of varigated yarn and 64g. of purple.

05-13-2019

One sleeve down.
38g of cream used. With Olga’s ok did the cuffs in purple instead of cream. The cuffs used 10g of purple.
The chart used 9g of purple and 6g. of varigated.

05-17-2019

Starting colorwork for second sleeve. Starting yardage
Varigated 31g
Purple 65g

05-18-2019

Sleeve chart done. Purple: 57g left
Varifated: 27g left

Cuff done in purple. 47g left.

Both sleeves together used 72g of the cream.

05-28-2019

Done! Off to block :D
The body used a whole skein to get to 14” from underarm, and ised the 28g. leftover from the sleeves for the ribbing.

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  • Project created: April 21, 2019
  • Finished: May 28, 2019
  • Updated: June 4, 2019
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