Not all who wander......
Finished
January 17, 2018
June 28, 2018

Not all who wander......

Project info
Journey by for the love of knitwear
Knitting
SweaterPullover
Me
Med Body, large sleeves
Needles & yarn
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
18 stitches and 31 rows = 4 inches
in Moss Rib
Nature's Luxury Foxen Sheep
220 yards in stash
8 skeins = 1760.0 yards (1609.3 meters), 800 grams
Notes

Provisional cast on.

You ask,why did I include this short video from Lucy Neatby? Because I don’t want you to have to frog back 40rows to fix a mistwist, end up with something you can’t recognize as being knitted and then rip the entire front or back to the beginning of armhole shaping. (It was an Argggh moment). I wish I discovered this before.
Thank you byeager
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ug3FrgZ3Y

Sleeves:set in,top down.
End up with 100 stitch when p/u all the way around. Decrease 2st/5rows/19x’s after finishing up underarm and working straight for a couple inches.
Rib 2.5 inches

http://giftofknitting.com/how-to-trim-neckline-in-sweater...

Twisted 1x1 rib

Tubular Bindoff in the round
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SBrGhv1_RBU

Short rowed two rows at back ribbing and back neck ribbing to extend.
Crochet around neck base with sc to finish neck trim

My bad! The yarn lends itself to gorgeous cables with its great stitch definition but…
My bust is 34D.(size 10). Medium size is 2-3 inches ease on me with this yarn. The sweater, as gorgeous as the pattern knit in this yarn ,is somewhat problematic for me due to the width of the center cable. Still it gets lots of compliments.

Fun fact on the sheep

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coburger_Fuchsschaf

http://afs.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/coburgerfuchsschaf

In the 19th century this landrace sheep populated the European hilly ranges abundantly. These red fox-colored sheep could be found under names that indicated their color or living area, such as Golden Fox, Eisfelder Fox Sheep, Eifeler Sheep, Ardenais Solognotes, Rousse Tetes. In the beginning of the 20th century, 60% of the sheep in the German Coburg area were of this landrace with the red fox-colored heads, but by World War II they were nearly extinct.
The specialty of the Coburger Fuchsschaf is its long wool. Lambs are born with a dark red-brown fleece that lightens at age 6- 12 months. The resulting Golden fleece (white with a red-brown or golden tint) contains more or less dark kempy hair, which impart an appealing color play in the yarn and finished product. The wool with a fiber diameter of 33- 36 microns.

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June 28, 2018
 
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by Nature's Luxury
Worsted
100% Coburger Fuchsschaf
220 yards / 100 grams

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  1. It is exactly what it’s supposed to b- outside Yarn
  2. Lovely red hairs
  3. Wonderful stitch definition
  • Project created: January 18, 2018
  • Finished: October 21, 2018
  • Updated: October 21, 2021
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