Test for Anne B Hanssen.
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/paisley-in-blue
Size; I started, as pictures will show, with the 7th size according to 108 chest measurement. After debating with myself, I found it too big for me. My gauge was also off by 4 cm in total around, so that added an extra 4 cm.
I changed from metal to wood needles at some point and that made my gauge get off track.
I measured myself at the highest point of chest under arms to be 98 and then chose the 5th size. I frogged back to yoke inc according to 5th size.
My approach to the leves in border for yoke, approved by designer in test; ‘pull up a loop, yo, slip next stitch as if to purl without working it, pull up a loop’.
Next round at the leves;’ k1,knit 2 together, k1’
Bust darts, also approved by designer in test:
Worked over 14 rows, starting
18 rounds after separating sleeves:
I knit to 6 sts before left side marker, german shortrows(gsr), turn, purl to 6 sts before right side marker, gsr, knit to 4 sts before gsr stitch, turn 4 sts before gsr stitch. Like this back and forth 4 less sts each row, 14 rows.
waist dec started at 22 rounds after separating sleeves, did all dec and inc as per pattern.
Sewed bind off, tested for design;
Rib: (K1tbl, p1) to end of round.
Set up round 1: (K1tbl, sl1 wyif) to end of rnd.
Set up round 2: (Sl1 wyib, p1) to end of rnd.
Cut yarn, at least three times length of round, for finishing sewed technique.
With needle;
https://www.knittinghelp.com/video/play/tubular-bind-off
As an afterthought I see that I probably knitted the yoke too short, I should have added a few more rows before separating for sleeves. This made the shoulder to be drawn a bit down.
Other than that, I am really pleased with the outcome!
Use of yarn; main colour 942 grams, contrast colour; 62 grams.
Soaked and towel-press-dried the sweater. The white yarn behaved really strange, it just flopped out.
I decided to knit a new yoke, cut yarn at excisting and took it off. Now I had a chanse to knit the lower yoke longer, and so I did. Sewed the new yoke on to yoke.
When finished the seam looked a bit wobbly, so with Annes aproval, I crochet a chain over the seam.