12-12-2022

I thought I had better fake seam the garment’s progress to see how it all looks together. It’s lucky I did, I will have to frog an entire sleeve! The sleeve I knit is far too wide and the garment itself is a very tight fit with negative ease, so they simply don’t match at all. I will frog the sleeve and start over

12-12-2022

I cast on a new sleeve. This time I CO 40 stitches and knitted 2 rows garter in orange yarn held double then 3 rows garter in MC before continuing in pattern block. Then K2, M1, K8, P3, K6, P3, K6, P3, K8, M1, K2 (43).

Then resume cables and stockinette. I have not yet decided upon the rate of increases for sleeve, but I should have enough yarn for a full-length sleeve if I go for ordinary set in sleeves.

13-12-2022

Guage on sleeve

27-28 rows per 10cm
21 stitches per 10cm

Need to get from 43 stitches to 83 stitches over 44cm, ie increase 40 stitches over 118-123 rows

120/40 = 3, therefore increase 2 stitches every 6 rows

Start faster, increase 2 stitches after 2 rows initially, then change to 2 every 6

14-12-2022

The ball of yarn used for the current sleeve is really splitty with many broken plies. I keep having to break my yarn. As such I think I should get it to only 79 stitches at underarm instead of 83.

I have already done 10 of the 20 increases, and I am up to increase 11, so if I increase every 8 rows instead of every 6 I should reach the right number of stitches.

Hopefully I won’t run out

26-12-2022

I’m not good at recording what I do lol. Checked the previous sleeve and I did get to 83 at underarms, although 2 stitches were cast on just 2 rows before casting off for underarms.

I’m currently up to 77 stitches and 14 cables compared to 83 stitches and 16.5 cables on the other sleeve. It’s 8 rows per cable so I think I’m on track and it even looks like I have a bit more yarn left than I thought, but probably not enough to finish the entire shoulders.

26-12-2022

Armscyth 21 cm high

14cm width

14^2 + x^2 = 21^2

X = 16