As I had hoped, the short rows didn’t mess me up too much on my Cozy Classic Raglan. I am now fully working in the round on a long circular.
I am at the point where it’s just raglan increases for several inches. Doesn’t take a lot of brain space but I do need to count occasionally. The increases in this pattern are new to me but I think they will work out just fine. It should be interesting to see how this one comes out compared to KFB that I have done a ton.
Happy Knitting!
It’s finally done with endless stockinette! My Round Yoke Pullover is at the hem!
That does mean I have a very large amount of stitches on the needle that I will have to do many rows of 1×1 rib…..not super sure why I am celebrating! I have a few meetings today and then plans tonight. Can I power through ribbing?
Happy Knitting!
With Round Yoke Sweater getting so close I game myself permission to start the Cozy Classic Raglan.
I knit the neck ribbing and then worked all the short rows. I latter finishing and counting the stitches in each section…..I realize I didn’t short row correctly. I mixed up my stitch markers. It’s not super evident unless you count.
I think on the next row I am just going to true up the stitch counts with some increases/decreases hidden along the raglan seam. The overall effect is still a raised back neck. But who knows, I may regret this later!
Happy Knitting!!
Coming out of our Thanksgiving food coma and my Round Yoke Pullover saw some decent action over break.
I need to get to 14 inches of body before the hem. And we are supposed to be getting some serious winter weather and our first blast of the year. I am hoping to parlay that into finishing this body yet this week.
It’s nice just to be cozy and go round and round with basic stockinette. I did slip this on by putting in an extra needle and the fit is on good track. Definitely needs a block to make the sleep longer and the body wider.
Happy Knitting!!
I had a successful swatch yesterday. But today is not as lucky. Swatching for my Rock It Tee was a total fail
I checked the pattern like 5 times and measured three different ways. I am just way to big at my gauge and needle size. And I can’t fathom going down to much smaller needles and knitting at that gauge. I am also not willing to do the math to pick a pattern size in this pattern to work up a garment that fits me.
I am going to take this swatch and do a Ravelry search to find something that works at this needle size and gauge. Going into the holidays, I don’t want to think that hard!
Happy Swatching!!
I am far enough along on my Round Yoke Pullover that I wanted to start swatching for a Cozy Classic Raglan.
Using my Nomad Yarns DK tweed, I was able to get pattern gauge with the recommended needles. I honestly did a little happy dance. I was swatching over the weekend as I recuperated from a nasty cold. I needed the win!
Now I just need to find more hours in the day to knit. I think this will be the carrot to keep plowing through my current sweater WIP!
Happy Knitting!!
I made the decision on my Round Yoke Pullover to go ahead and work on sleeve #2 before going back to the body.
This particular set of sleeves is feeling like a slog. Is it me? Is it the shorter and darker days? It is just normal knitting mojo? I can’t tell but I am going to keep knitting through it and hope that two finished sleeves make me want to power through the very long stockinette body.
Happy Knitting!!
Plugging away on my Round Yoke Pullover and I have finished sleeve #1.
I did modify the pattern a wee bit to account for my upper arm size. I knit longer in plain stockinette than it called for until I had enough fabric to match where my arm tapers. I then followed all the pattern decreases and still stopped at the total required lenght.
I remembered to put in locking stitch markers to help me count and make the second sleeve match. I have the needles ready and just need some good light to pick up the second sleeve.
Happy Knitting!!
I have been cruising on my Round Yoke Pullover. I am just barely past the divide for sleeves.
I have plenty of yarn and I torn about knitting an inch of two body and THEN doing sleeves. Or doing the sleeves last since I don’t have to worry about yarn chicken. This is a commercial enough yarn that I don’t think I will have to worry about helical knitting the body.
It’s finally getting chilly enough here that I am excited about sweater season! Happy Knitting!!
My Love Note is done and blocked! I can’t tell you how buttery soft this sweater is after a good was in yummy smelling Soak.
Pattern: Love Note by Tin Can Knits (Rav Link)
Needles: US 9s and US 7s
Yarn: Old Rusted Chair Sock in colorway Back in The Pulse and Malabrigo Mohair in Whole Grain
Mods: Chose the longer body option
This sweater ended up with over 1,500 yards of yarn. I used 1.81 skeins of the sock yarn and 3.6 skeins of the mohair. That is 271 grams of yarn in the finished garment. I knit the 48.5 inch bust size which came me just slight positive ease. The fabric is pretty stretchy so it has a lot of forgiveness.
I pulled out the dress I plan to wear this with. It’s a sleeveless black dress that has an A-line skirt that hits me below the knee. It has the benefit of showing the lace and my bra won’t show through the lace. I don’t imagine I will ever wear this one without an under shirt. And I think this outfit feels smart and polished so a great candidate for work this winter!
Happy Knitting!!
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