04-25-2022

Totally annoying…wrote a bunch and Ravelry burped and it disappeared. Trying again.

Overall I’m pleased, not crazy in love, but pleased. I have decided that yoked sweaters are somewhat problematic for me because I have broad, square shoulders. I made another of Jenn’s patterns, and it rides up and then rumples around the neck, so on this one sized up to get a wider shoulder zone. That appears to work. I WISH ALL pattern designers would indicate shoulder to shoulder measurement on schematics!!!!! My BFF and I both are about 40” full bust, but my shoulders are about 1 1/2-2” wider and my cup size considerably smaller. Having a shoulder measurement would make it a ton easier to select and modify a pattern to fit properly. End of grumble.

The Kathmandu Fingering blooms beautifully once wet blocked and is soft enough to wear next to the skin.

04-25-2022

Continued--saved the above because I don’t want the computer gremlins to eat my comments again.

Jenn has added short rows to the back of this sweater. I have NO idea why, unless it is because the pattern is more of a cropped length (currently in vogue but not great on many body shapes!). I made my sweater more of a high-hip length.

I decided to try the boxy shape rather than add shaping even though I had sized up one size to get the shoulders better. I think that was an error on my part. It’s roomy enough that it could get drafty in winter LOL! It’s not aggravating enough to unravel 8” of stockinette and re-do, but I will remember and adjust in the future.

If I were to make this again I would omit the short rows just above the hem, OR I would spread the turns much farther apart than the 4 stitches in the pattern. The pattern has you turning for the short rows 6 stitches onto the front. From the side, you can see a distinct drop off as the four short row turns are works over about 16 stitches at the side/side-back, and personally I don’t care for that look. I would knit to about 3” from center front to do the first turn, then spread the remaining turns out to about 3-4” from center back….so WAY more stitches between turns.

That said, I’m pleased. Not crazy in love (yet anyway) but pleased. Next time I do a yoked sweater I will absolutely do some body shaping after using the larger-to-get-shoulders-to-fit size.

04-25-2022

I did not use all the yarn…. I’ll weigh what I have left and update with total grams used, as well as add size info.

05-01-2022

Skeins are 100 grams.
I used 3 skeins of the dark gray with 28.3 grams leftover… enough to permit lengthening if desired
I used about half of the fuchsia, which had 52.5 grams remaining.

Now I need to figure out what to do with half a skein of fuchsia and 1 1/4 skeins of gray LOL (I think I put above that I used 3 skeins, but I actually purchased 4 just in case)! I think I need to set up plastic bins for each weight of yarn: fingering, sport, DK, worsted. Then I can eventually put together a sweater-of-many-colors with more-or-less consistent gauges for the various yarns.