The Basic Round Yoke Pullover is done and blocked.
The body is great, the sleeves are great and the neckline is loosy goosey. I need this to finish drying and then I think I will grab a crochet hook to add a line of reinforcement inside the neck ribbing. Maybe two?
I think that will give some structure to keep the neck from stretching past my bra straps. And if I hate it….it rips out super easy. I just need to find my hooks….
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!
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 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!!
With my Love Note almost done and my swatch successful, I couldn’t help but start my next sweater. This creatively called “Basic Round Yoke Unisex Pullover” and I think I will just called my Round Yoke Pullover for simplicity.
I chose the 44 3/4 bust size for the pattern. I really like this starts with a knitted collar. I might have gone done an even smaller needle size for the ribbing. And this will be a nice easy/wide collar regardless. I can always go back and crochet a stronger foundation.
I had to get some work done on the Rachelle-mobile at the dealer. Dang kids denting my doors! So I managed to get a couple of increases done and several inches of sweater. I didn’t feel like lugging my huge Love Note so this got all the love.
Happy Knitting!!
I am making progress on my Love Note and I have several sweaters I want to do this year. And no more that I have ready to cast on. I need more swatches.
I blind pulled one of the project bags I had ready and it was the Unisex Round Yoke Pullover. This is using some deep stash Knit Picks Provincial Tweed in Candy Apple. I think makes a cute pun for casting on during October and Halloween season.
I was able to get gauge the first time, knock on wood, and I’m excited. So I have needles and ready to cast on once I finish my current sweater. Love the new tool I picked up to help with gauge form my SSK swag bag. I measured with this AND a ruler just to be safe.
Happy Knitting!!
I can’t help myself, the cast-on-itis and pattern fever is in full swing. I have another sweater that I want to start.
I have several skeins of Knit Picks of Provincial Tweed in a deep red color. This is a worsted weight so not my usual got to for sweaters as it is very warm. But I have this in my stash and I wanted to use it up. I decided on a Basic Round Yoke Pullover from Quince & Co.
I am really finding that round yokes work on my body type. And I really prefer knitting top down sweaters as I don’t want to think too hard about decided when a sweater body is sufficient when I work bottom up. I know it would work out fine and it’s just an idiosyncrasy or mental block on my side.
When I will get this started? Who knows…but I like that I have a bag, pattern and yarn ready to swatch. I may be tipping dangerously close to too many sweaters on the needles, lol.
Happy Wishful Knitting!!
My Punch Bag Vanilla Beanie is complete and ready for their glamour shots!
Pattern: None, just my own beanie “recipe” over 88 stitches (rav link)
Yarn: Knit Picks Felici Worsted in Punch Bug
Needles: US 8s
Mods: For this version I used a ribbed folded brim for extra warmth.
This project is 90 grams of a 100 gram skein of yarn. So I missed the mark on using up all the yarn. But not by much! I added this tiny ball of yarn to my leftovers bag. It fits really well on my head but it was a little tight on the husband’s head.
This hat matches my Punch Bug Vanilla Socks so they will either stay with me or go as a matching set. This finish really has helped reinforce my craft mojo. I have turned all my focus on to the Basic Dude Beanie.
Happy Friday and Happy Knitting!!
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