Greenhouse #4
Finished
April 21, 2017
May 11, 2017

Greenhouse #4

Project info
greenhouse knits #4 by alfa knits
Knitting
SweaterCardigan
me
al-fa on ravelry
M
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
18 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
Fiber Optic Yarns Superwash Merino Worsted
308 yards in stash
5.5 skeins = 1127.5 yards (1031.0 meters), 627 grams
Green
Wooster Fiber Fest 2015
Notes

-Need modeled pics!

Mods:

  • made 2 inches longer
  • no contrast colour for pocket lining, plus I knit them in reverse stockinette, so had the knit rows on the RS and the purl rows on the WS, which ended up as reverse stockinette after the fold and 3-needle join.
  • snaps instead of buttons? hooks and eyes? -42 stitches for cuff vs. 48. Still loose, but supposed to be that way for folding over. Knit with increase row 1, row 8 then every 8th until 62 stitches - 18 inches.
  • added another leaf to Chart 1. As I knit an extra 16 rows to get more length before joining the sleeves, I added the top leaf from Chart 2, starting with 10 rows left on Chart 1, so I ended up with the pattern extending 12 rows further. There would otherwise have been a large space between the last leaf of Chart 1 and the leaves on the neckband. This way it looks closer to the sample.
  • pocket tops - I misread the instructions - these few rows should have been folded over and attached to the underside. I didn’t realize that until all the ends had been woven in.

77 grams left from 6th skein.

Notes on the yarn - this is a thin worsted. I would knit it again as a DK weight, or knit on size 4 mm needles. The fabric is nice on the 4.5 mm needles, but there is a lot of white space, given the tight twist. I didn’t alternate, as the yarn was so well matched.

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Finished
April 21, 2017
May 11, 2017
 
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by Fiber Optic Yarns
Worsted
100% Merino
205 yards / 114 grams

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  • Project created: April 6, 2017
  • Finished: May 11, 2017
  • Updated: May 21, 2017
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