Done!
Eight Days from start to finish - I really pushed myself on this one so I could get back to my "real" knitting. I am very pleased to have exorcised the demon! Even more pleased to have a really nice sweater to wear.
All the yarn/needles details are in Ravelry. I really love this pattern. Its quick and simple, and I think it would be a excellent use for handspun - you only need about 150g (really a bit less) of yarn for each colorway of the stripes, and the Kureyon is just a big single, it'd be easy to spin for this.
My primary concern while knitting this was the fact that the body is done in Ella Rae Classic - just a simple plied worsted weight (Cascade 200 clone, I'm told). The pattern called for Lambs Pride, which is a fattish single like the Kureyon, and I think a touch heavier than what I used. So the body fabric drapes very differently than the striped parts, which is ok, but were I to do it again, I'd used the Lambs Pride.
My favorite detail is also the one that gave me the most trouble - the side gussets.
The pattern has no schematic, and I've never done anything like this before, so I kind of had to just figure out how it was all supposed to meet in the underarm. I ended up frogging and shortening the triangular tops of each gusset by about 2-3 inches in order to get them to fit in a way that made sense to me. I hope to get a better look at the shop sample that started me on this path and see what it looks like on that one. I think what I did works just fine, I'm just curious about how it was "supposed" to be done.
A great pattern, but fair warning if you hate seaming - with the raglan and the gussets there are 10 seams! I happen to get a kick out of watching mattress stitch zip right up like lacing a corset, but for the seam-o-phobes, this would not be the project for you.
All the yarn/needles details are in Ravelry. I really love this pattern. Its quick and simple, and I think it would be a excellent use for handspun - you only need about 150g (really a bit less) of yarn for each colorway of the stripes, and the Kureyon is just a big single, it'd be easy to spin for this.
My primary concern while knitting this was the fact that the body is done in Ella Rae Classic - just a simple plied worsted weight (Cascade 200 clone, I'm told). The pattern called for Lambs Pride, which is a fattish single like the Kureyon, and I think a touch heavier than what I used. So the body fabric drapes very differently than the striped parts, which is ok, but were I to do it again, I'd used the Lambs Pride.
My favorite detail is also the one that gave me the most trouble - the side gussets.
The pattern has no schematic, and I've never done anything like this before, so I kind of had to just figure out how it was all supposed to meet in the underarm. I ended up frogging and shortening the triangular tops of each gusset by about 2-3 inches in order to get them to fit in a way that made sense to me. I hope to get a better look at the shop sample that started me on this path and see what it looks like on that one. I think what I did works just fine, I'm just curious about how it was "supposed" to be done. A great pattern, but fair warning if you hate seaming - with the raglan and the gussets there are 10 seams! I happen to get a kick out of watching mattress stitch zip right up like lacing a corset, but for the seam-o-phobes, this would not be the project for you.
posted by Pumpkinmama at Friday, February 15, 2008
20 Comments:
You are a knitting mad-woman! That was so fast. It looks great.
Lovely! You are giving me the knitting-a-sweater-bug.
That is one cool sweater! Looks great on you!
Ummm... you will be coming to Tuesday knit night, and you will be wearing this sweater... yes? ;-)
It looks really great!
Looks great, and since I like Noro and seaming, it might hop into my queue.
Wow, speedy! It loks so great too! I'm a little surprised it's not knit in one piece bottom up, since it's a raglan. Although I have no idea how that would work with the gussets.
I didn't notice the gusset in the first picture. It's so cool!
I love everything about it!!! Especially since I ogled the shop sample quite extensively one day.
That looks awesome - I'm so inspired!
Man, that's cute! Nice (and quick!) job. :)
I can't believe you did it so quickly! It looks terrific, too. Congratulations.
Holy Crap woman, that WAS fast, but it looks fabulous on you!
That lacing thing is entertaining, isn't it?
Cute sweater!
I think that's my new favorite sweater ever, ever, ever. And it looks FANTASTIC on you.
Oh, that looks FANTASTIC!!!
Are you heading up to SPA? are you going to wear it??
:) K
It looks great! A great way to use a lone skein of a special yarn that you didn't buy enough of for a whole sweater. I have too many of those lying around!
Gorgeous and quick! I'm not sure I could knit a sweater that quick even with the knitting demons holding me down and shoving the needles into my hands.
I love the striping!
Difference between you and me? You do impulse sweaters, and get them over with. I start impulse sweaters, and get lost in them. Never to be seen again! COngrats, looks great!
I love raglan seaming and top-down sweaters-doesn't it make the project just fly? This, however, was NOT one of those, but it came out beautifully! I love the side gussets too!
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