



I have finished sweaters before, but none that I've really been happy with, either fit-wise, construction or craftsmanship. So my goal was to actually finish a sweater I would wear. This one was interesting because it was knit as one piece, but not in the round - rather, from right sleeve to left sleeve. It's almost like an oversized shrug, with the ribbing running sideways instead of up and down. The knitting and pattern was actually really simple, but I somehow miscalculated and ran out of yarn - and I'm not joking - in the middle of the very last bind-off row. This would have been ok but there's a bit of banding in the back that was part of the finishing, and of course I would need yarn to sew it up. AND the yarn store was out of that color, so I had to wait for the next shipment to come in. But all in all the sweater knitted up quickly in about a weekend (on size 15 needles!)
2 comments:
Love the sweater. What's the yarn?
Well written article.
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