The Perfect Transitional Sweater – Hopefully
I started knitting this sweater forever and a half ago.
It was actually September 17, 2011, and luckily I’m still (more or less) the same size I was 3 years ago.
I didn’t use a pattern, but the sweater is a basic top down, raglan sleeve cardigan, with slight waist shaping, stripes, a hood, some last minute ribbing, and a bunch of ends hanging about.
I’m hoping it’ll be the perfect transitional sweater.
It’s knit on a US 9s, out of Cascade “Greenland.” I couldn’t tell you what the colors are, or even how many balls of yarn I used – the ball bands are long gone.
Interestingly, my gauge hasn’t changed all that much in 3 years, but my knitting has gotten noticeably more even.
I’m planning a metal zipper for the front. It’s unblocked, because I still need to knit the sleeves, and I’m guessing/hoping that blocking with give me the extra 2 inches I need to make the fronts meet easily.
I added the ribbing as an afterthought once the entire body was knit. The original plan was for an all stockinette sweater with turned hems, but the turned hem was too bulky. So I ripped out the bind off and using a crochet hook, dropped down and then picked up each column of purl stitches.
It’s 4×1 ribbing, with 2 purl stitches at the center back, to make the numbers work out evenly.
I did raglan sleeve shaping, and plan on keeping the sleeves short, maybe with a white/green stripe and some ribbing, to keep the edges from rolling.
Hopefully I can finish this sweater up in the next day or two, because sweater weather is here, and this time it feels like it’s here to stay.
The Self-Made Wardrobe Project Week 7
It’s the end of week 7, I’m writing this on Day 50, of the Self-Made Wardrobe project, and like last week, I just want some damn pants.
I’ve had a weird neck crick much of the week (probably from sleeping funny) so I haven’t gotten a whole lot of knitting or sewing done. However I did get the hardware (button, rivets, zip, etc.) I need. And I ripped open some of the seams of my experimental shorts, so I can futz with the fit, and then fix the pattern.
I also finished the knitting on my Versio sweater, and started working on an old unfinished sweater from years ago. But other than that things have been pretty quiet on garment making front.
I wonder if I could finish knitting two sweaters this week.
Each Wednesday I post little snippets about the projects I’m working on.
You can see all of the Wednesday posts here.
I finished the hood of my Versio sweater! That’s a close up of the three needle bind off. I just need to weave in all the ends, make some cording, and block it before it’s wearable.
My lace shawl knit out of Julie Asselin’s lovely “Merletto” is sailing along with a little help from rewatching Downton Abbey.
It’s definitely fall here. Crisp and cool, and desperately making me want a pair of jeans, and a pile of sweaters.
So, I picked up and started knitting an ancient unfinished sweater (from my pile of many). It got a hood, and an amazing number of ends, added to it this week.
Then I ripped out the bind off at the bottom hem, so I could add ribbing.
I’m adding a 4 x 1 ribbing, by dropping down the stitch that I want to make a purl stitch, and then picking it back up with a crochet hook. It’s not fast, but it’s faster than reknitting half a sweater.
It needs sleeves, a zipper, ends woven in, and a washing before it’s done.
Soon, hopefully. I wonder if I could finish knitting two sweaters this week…
