Small is 36’’, medium is 40’’ finished, but I wanted 38’’, so I did a bit of finagling to make it so. Helped immensely to chart out the 40’’ size, and then look at what was different for the 36’’ size, so that I could whack off a few sts here and there.
CO in pattern to avoid LTCO purl side on RS, since Row 1 is a RS row. Stitch pattern is easy to remember and read, but somehow also fun, because of the bits of double seed stitch to keep me thinking. We’ll see how I feel by the end of the sweater.
Pattern calls for plain stockinette sleeves, but I will likely add a panel of the stitch pattern up the center to keep myself entertained. I’ve seen a few other people do that with their projects.
10-28-2024
Total sts for sweater: about 50K.
Past the bottom band knit with smaller needle and into the waist shaping. 13.2%
10-31-2024
Past the UA BOs and done with the armhole decreases. 25%
11-03-2024
Finished with back. 33%
11-04-2024
Left Front begun. Ribbing finished. First waist shaping dec and plain rows after it. 37%
11-06-2024
Left front finished. 46%
11-07-2024
Right front begun. Currently in the middle of the waist shaping decreases. 52%
11-09-2024
up to the stitch pattern transition just before the UA BO. 57%
11-10-2024
Right Front complete! 60%
11-13-2024
Sleeve started yesterday, after charting out several ideas for altering it. I didn’t want solid stockinette sleeves, and liked the idea of putting the double seed stitch pattern up the sleeve, as several others have done.
Choices were:
- k2p2 ribbing, then transition to 18-st pattern
- work 18-st pattern from Row 1, as for the body
- work 30-st pattern, which includes columns of ktbl from Row 1
Went with option 2. Option 3 would have meant taking into account gauge difference, which I didn’t want to think about.
Currently just past Inc 9 of 12 for the sleeves. 69%
11-15-2024
Into the sleeve cap decreases. 75%
11-21-2024
Body pieces and sleeves complete. Washing pieces for blocking before seaming and doing the button bands 94.5%
12-11-2024
Shoulders sewn. Button band and button hole bands sewn. Just need to sew up the side seams, set in the sleeves, and sew the sleeve seams. 99%
12-26-2024
Seaming up finished, and buttons sewed on. Sweater is in a bath. After it’s dry, I will finish weaving in the ends.
12-27-2024
Complete! (Although I’m sure I’ll find a stray yarn tail that needs to be woven in at some point)
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