Octopus Sweater
Finished
July 8, 2014
December 21, 2014

Octopus Sweater

Project info
Embrace Octopus Sweater by Maia E. Sirnes
Knitting
SweaterPullover
me
Needles & yarn
1,383 yards
Garnstudio DROPS Alpaca
none left in stash
4 skeins = 727.9 yards (665.6 meters), 200 grams
Green
Lanade
Garnstudio DROPS Nepal
1706 yards in stash
8 skeins = 656.0 yards (599.8 meters), 400 grams
Gray
Lanade
Notes

1st attemp: Failed!

Started on July, 8th with a swatch because my yarn is a bit thinner. But it seemed like I can just use size L and it will come out right.
Paused a bit during August and September.
Finished it on November, 21st.
It turned out way to big and to long. And I really hated the way the sleeves fitted. I have to create a new pattern for the sleeves and yoke.
Therefore I frogged the whole thing :(

2nd attempt - in progess!

December, 1st
Decided to give this sweater a second chance and started again. This time I’m knitting it top-down and I changed the pattern to get a better fit around the sleeves.

December, 4th
I finished row 25 of the body. I’m decided that going to shorten it a few row - so it’s 25/66. The original pattern says 72, but that was way to long for me.

December, 20th
Finished the body and the first sleeve.
So far it fits really good.

December, 21st
Finished!!!

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  • Originally queued: May 9, 2014
  • Project created: July 9, 2014
  • Finished: December 21, 2014
  • Updated: January 2, 2022
  • Progress updates: 10 updates