Green and Light Irina
Finished
February 18, 2015
October 21, 2015

Green and Light Irina

Project info
Irina by Cecily Glowik MacDonald
Knitting
SweaterPullover
Me
38-1/4"
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
The Wool Box Blue Andie
437 yards in stash
3 skeins = 1311.0 yards (1198.8 meters), 300 grams
Hand dyed by me in a 4 skein lot
Green
The Wool Box
Notes

My gauge is 24 x 30, I’m going to go with the 38-1/4” bust which would be a bit large and I know from my swatch that the fabric is very stretchy.

Finally found some time to make a little progress on this - almost down to the widest part of the yoke. Can’t wait to arrive at the “separate sleeves from body” not because I mind the stockinette, but because I’m tired of keeping track of the raglan increases!

April 1st - I made it to separate sleeves from body - feeling accomplished!

April 24th - did the last waist decrease called for by the pattern and tried it on - looks great! Decided to add one more waist decrease to make the fit match my long-waisted figure. I can see already that it’s going to be a beautiful transitional season sweater :).

09-04-2015

Almost to the bottom ribbing (whoo hoo!) I will end up with a slightly longer sweater as I can see that I’ll end up making the last hip increases right as I reach the correct pattern length and I’d like to have a few rows of straight knitting before I begin the ribbing. Maybe I’ll need to try it on when I get there.

09-10-2015

Yay! made it to the bottom ribbing and did a sewn bind off see short, easy video here for a smooth, stretchy edge. Tried it on and love the fit! The yarn is so light that it hardly feels like a sweater at all, just what I’m wanting. Now on to the sleeves.

10-19-2015

I’m so almost done but the cowl neck is taking forever to finish! After I got to the bottom of the sleeves, I thought that it would be quick but 150 stitches are quite a few and the textured pattern is pretty but it’s a bit monotonous after awhile…

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by The Wool Box
Fingering
100% Bluefaced Leicester
437 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: February 18, 2015
  • Updated: October 22, 2015
  • Progress updates: 10 updates