more reference art

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/549199

07-01-2019

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/round-yoke-summe...

I linked the round-yoke sweater above because it is a huge inspiration for this project. Short rows might be the answer to all the problems in the knitting universe. But my project does not follow the pattern closely. At all. I hope to put down the differences below once I sort them out.

07-03-2019

I cast on 21 stitches for the yoke and placed a marker after 7 stitches and 14 stitches to mark the short row turns. I use German short rows.

Picked up 6 stitches for every section around the bottom and knit three rows in gold. Change to off-white

07-04-2019

Let’s do some math for the raglan increases.

number of stitches picked up at the bottom of the yoke: 240

Per Barbara Walker, the sleeves are 1/3 of the number of stitches for the back.

Sleeves are 30 stitches and the back is 90 stitches.

Cast on 10 stitches under every arm.

07-05-2019

My chest above bust is diameter 40”.

07-24-2019

Sleeves!

Pick up about 86 stitches around the arms plus 15 for underarm. This is about 16” circumference of sleeve.

Dropping to about 10” (60 stitches) at the elbow, in about 6 inches of sleeve.

Row ga is 11 rows/inch

So we decrease 6” (36 stitches) in 60 rows.

I made a triangular gusset under the arm where the sleeve stops, which decreased 10 stitches in the first inch.

Must decrease about 26 stitches (13 double decreases) in 5” (55 rows). Works out to a centered double decrease every 4 rows until proven incorrect.

In practice I made nine double decreases. Finished with 62 stitches around.

07-26-2019

Important yarn notes:

I love CoBaSi, but it has a couple of quirks common to cotton and other non-wool fibers.

• It is heavy. Any vertical shrink you get from throwing it in the dryer will be more than offset by the weight of the garment. Expect some vertical stretch.
• It untwists like nobody’s business. If you frog, you’ll get a few extra feet of yarn per skein.
• If you use a clasp weft join like I do, make sure you overlap the doubled strands for at least 15 stitches. If you don’t use clasp weft join, make sure to weave in lots of end. Naturally it helps to keep joins in the back or under the arms.
• Ends untwist and tangle. It may help to braid together all the ends you will have when you finish the collar. Tie the braid end loosely. Then cut the knot out when you go back to weave in the ends.

09-01-2019

Questions I have, mostly for myself.

Is this yoke the right size? Should it be smaller? Bigger?

Should the yoke be knitted in a combination of k and p rows? Maybe the teal rows could be seed stitch. That would look somewhat as if it was made of beads. And help the collar to lie flat.

Would a keyhole neck (below the round part) add or subtract?

Really must learn to place darts better.

Also, it’s a virtue to make sure that armholes are not too tight, but when they are too big, there’s extra fabric around the armholes. You really can have too much of a good thing. Use fewer raglan repeats and fewer stitches cast on under the arm.