Can you see that I've been busy?
Originally, I restarted this project because I had the yarn, and I wanted to try a quick contiguous project to see how it worked. For the most part this fit the bill. I took a look at the Contiguous KAL but I didn't want to end up with an asymmetrical doll sweater and it was hard for me because after a certain point in the directions, we were supposed to have done something differently and I couldn't visualize it in my head enough to understand, so I decided to just plow ahead and try a full-sized sweater (albeit in huge, chunky yarn). Also, I wanted to knit Revival, but the yarn I have didn't make gauge and I was still trying to figure out the pattern (this is before the revision to the pattern, btw). Thus, this project.
These are some notes of what I did:
c/o 16 sts.
Set up (ws): p1, pm, k1 (for shs), pm, p5, pm, p 9 sts to before end, pm, p to 2 sts before end, pm, k1 (shs), pm, p1.
Row 2 (rs): k1, m1, sm, p1, sm, m1, k to m, m1, sm, k to m, sm, m1, k to m, m1, sm, p1, sm, m1, k1
Row 3: p2, m1, sm, k1, sm, m1, p to m, m1, sm, p to m, sm, m1, p to m, m1, sm, k1, sm, m1, k to 2 sts before end, sl 1, k1.
Row 4: k3, m1, sm, p1, sm, m1, k to m, m1, sm, k to m, sm, m1, k to m, m1, sm, p1, sm, m1, k1, p to 2 sts before end, sl 1, p1.
Row 5: p4, m1, sm, k1, sm, m1, p to m, m1, sm, p to m, sm, m1, p to m, m1, sm, k1, sm, m1, k to 2 sts before end, sl 1, k1. (39 sts).
Rows 6: Like row 4.
Row 7: Like rows 3 & 5)
Repeat for rows 8 & 9. (In hindsight, I should have stopped at Row 7, the sweater turned out a bit larger than expected.)
pside: c/o 9 sts for front.
K4, pm, p1, 6 st cable patt, p2, pm, k to 3 sts before SM, sl1, pm, m1, k2, remove old marker, k1, remove old marker, k2, m1, pm, sl 1, k to next m, remove m, k to next m, remove m, k to 3 sts before marker, sl 1, pm, m1, k2, remove marker, k1, remove marker, k2, m1, pm, sl 1, k2, [set up cable AND crochet c/o additional sts], PM, p2, k2, c/o 9 sts (pm 4 sts in for button band).
Work ws w/o sleeve increases.
Next row: k4, sm, cable [k1, p6, k2], sm, p to m, sm, [sleeve cap] p to m, sm, [back] p to m, sm, [sleeve cap] p to m, sm, o to m, cable [k2, p6, k1], sm, k4.
4 sts for button band.
right side is using right side cable-- sts held in back
left side is using left side cable-- sts held in front
buttonholes on WS (even rows): k1, k2tog, yo, k1.
Maybe in the second picture you can see that next to the sleeve increases, I slipped the stitch on the knit side a la Tuulia and her Tailored Sweater Method, and I think it looks very nice that way. Not a fan of the purl stitch for the seam line though--in bulky yarn, it just looks holey:
What I wish I'd done differently:
-Not quite so many increases for the back because it ended up a little puffy (see back picture).
-Different increases (probably Cat Bordhi's LaRinc and LaLinc) because that would have been far less holey (take a look at the shoulder detail picture).
-Better yarn. Ah, but I didn't know it would turn out all right!
But, my mother is more or less satisfied with it (her complaints: it's acrylic, and too holey at the top) and now I have a much better understanding of how the contiguous method works.
I'm still amazed at how fast this went... have I mentioned that I've been working on the same sweater for... I think it's two years now?
ReplyDeleteAnd I've been waiting for you to finish it, I occasionally check your projects page you know! This was fast because it was chunky yarn. The sweater before this (Tidewater Cardigan) took three or four months, I think. Of course, that was knit with sock-weight yarn, but still. Yeah, I chunky yarns are super fast. That's the appeal.
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