Betty Rizzo
Finished
April 3, 2011
April 17, 2011

Betty Rizzo

Project info
Best Friend Sweater by Alana Dakos
Knitting
SweaterCardigan
me
12 yr
Needles & yarn
US 8 - 5.0 mm
US 10 - 6.0 mm
Cascade Yarns ® Eco+
2 skeins = 956.0 yards (874.2 meters), 500 grams
6950
Pink
Purl Soho
Notes

Pattern calls for worsted weight yarn and 4.0 & 4.5 needles. My gauge was 3.75 st/in, and my bust measured 40”, so I’m making the largest size of the pattern (12 yr old) and thinking it will work.

Mods: knit rib for 3”; knit for 7” before attached pockets; stopped sleeve increases after 11 rounds.

I took this on a weekend apartment hunting trip to Minneapolis. It was kind of a bulky project to take on the plane, but my flight was 3 hours delayed, so I got some quality knitting time in at JFK. Finished seaming Sunday night before retruning to NY. Perhaps a bit larger than I’d hoped, but all things considered, I’m super psyched.

ETA: Yarn pills super easily, which is OK given that I want this to be a workhorse, every-day kind of sweater, not a dressy sweater.

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Finished
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April 17, 2011
 
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by Cascade Yarns ®
Bulky
100% Wool
478 yards / 250 grams

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  • Project created: April 3, 2011
  • Finished: April 18, 2011
  • Updated: October 20, 2011
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