5 posts tagged “pullover”

Gathered Pullover
Originally uploaded by Phisch

It's done! And just in time for summer. LOL! Well, maybe I'll win the lotto and we can go to Australia or New Zealand just so I can have an excuse to wear this!

Yes, I am excited. I put it on before it was dry and it smells so much like wet dog. I sprayed it down with some water then steamed it and laid it to dry (should be done in a little bit). That fixed the excessive rolling of the hem.

Other than adding length to the hem and doing the sleeves as prescribed in the Knitting from the Top book, I made no changes to the pattern. The cable fits just under the bust line where I wanted it (the pattern calls for it to be at least an inch higher, but I'm not built that way ;). One more mod: the neckline is knit in the round and not back and forth then seamed.

The yarn is Elsbeth Lavold Classic Al and very soft. I have to wear something under this anyway so the wool content isn't that big of a deal. It's so soft!

Ravelry details here.

Gathered Pullover
Originally uploaded by Phisch

This yarn was supposed to be a Central Park Hoodie but I changed my mind and am making Gathered Pullover instead since I wasn't getting the right gauge without the yarn looking to "holey" for a CPH.

I love the this yarn, Elsebeth Lavold Classic Al in color Artic Night (misspelling from label). I might end up using up only 6 of the 11 balls I got so I will have to figure out what to do with the remainder. So far, only almost 3 balls used.

The stockinette is supposed to roll a lot, but this seems to be a lot more than I wanted. I'll have to see if blocking will eliminate some of that or what. If not, I might cut off the cast on row and knit down from there. I like that knitting is the same upside down as right side up :)

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Originally uploaded by Phisch

This year, once again, I was blessed with an abundance of yarn for knitting projects. My SIL gifted me with (I think) nine balls of Caron Simply Soft in autumn red, denim blues and sage green. Yay! Coincidentally, I had purchased four balls of autumn red at Wally World the same day the gifts arrived at our house.

I was going to make a hoodie, but I decided just to cast on and see what would happen. Here we are, a pullover in progress. I will most likely frog back the seed stitches at the bottom and add two inches. That, or add more decreases to the waist area, but I might be too lazy to do that and too eager to get on to the next thing I want to do.

I plan to make the sleeves extra long, about 2 inches or so, and add some holes an inch and a half before the end of the sleeves. That way I can slip my thumbs in there and the sleeves won't ride up when it's cold :) I got this idea from someone else's project (Ysolda's Apocalypse Tree Hoodie).

Note to Karen: I hope I told you I got the gift certificate for Webs (Yarn.com). THANK YOU!!! I'll be buying yarn to make a Central Park Hoodie. I think anyway. Hehe.

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Originally uploaded by Phisch

Just about done! I forgot to blog this earlier. There are only about 2 inches left of seaming under one arm plus weaving in ends. Actually...I try to leave those undone though in this case I won't.

There are issues with the fit I think. Also, the yarn is 80% cotton, 20% wool. The wool is really obvious, though, in that it's itchy. So I think I'll completely soak it and use some (a lot) of fabric softener and see if that negates the scratchy. That may help with the bunching I have in the back also.

The neck may need to be redone as well. It doesn't look tailored enough for me and this may have been a good time to ignore the pattern and pick up less stitches in the front to make the V look more crisp.