Breathing Space
Finished
January 28, 2023
April 24, 2023

Breathing Space

Project info
Breathing Space by Veera Välimäki
Knitting
SweaterPullover
46"
Needles & yarn
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1,795 yards
Black Trillium Fibre Studio Lilt Sock Gradient Set
217 yards in stash
0.68 skeins = 458.2 yards (419.0 meters), 112 grams
Ice
Blue
August 2021
Cascade Yarns ® Heritage Silk
411 yards in stash
3.06 skeins = 1337.2 yards (1222.7 meters), 306 grams
Brown
Webs
Notes

February 8, 2023

Split sleeves. 26 gr of darkest blue remaining.

February 12, 2023

finished top section, 20 gr darkest blue remaining, switching to blue #2.

March 8, 2023

got to the end of stripes as per pattern (blue #2 for short rows, then 9 stripes of #3, 7 stripes of #4) - going to do at least 2 more stripes of #4 for visual balance and try on again.

(will not be using blue #5)

April 1, 2023

Finished body ribbing, bound off - might be too tight a gauge?

April 3, 2023

Started sleeves - +3 stitches above pattern, continuing with darkest blue as CC

April 4, 2023

6 stripes blue #1, switch to blue #2

first sleeve decrease: MC 2nd row after 1st stripe of blue #2

April 5, 2023

decrease on 2nd round of 7th stripe of 2nd blue

April 7, 2023

decrease on 1st round of 5th stripe of 3rd blue

April 9, 2023

Decrease on 1st round of MC after 3rd stripe of blue #4

April 15, 2023

Decrease in MC, measured - don’t have exact row count

April 16, 2023

Switch to ribbing after ~1.25-1.5 in (3cm) of MC
Ribbing on #3 instead of 2.5

April 17, 2023

Finished first sleeve, 10 round twisted rib, BO on #4

April 19, 2023

Sleeve decreases consolidated:

  • MC 2nd row after 1st stripe of blue #2
  • 2nd round of 7th stripe of 2nd blue
  • 1st round of 5th stripe of 3rd blue
  • 1st round of MC after 3rd stripe of blue #4
  • In MC after all stripes, measured - don’t have exact row count
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Finished
January 28, 2023
April 24, 2023
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by Cascade Yarns ®
Fingering
85% Merino, 15% Silk
437 yards / 100 grams

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by Black Trillium Fibre Studio
Fingering
85% Merino, 15% Bombyx
675 yards / 165 grams

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  • Originally queued: February 7, 2022
  • Project created: January 30, 2023
  • Finished: May 4, 2023
  • Updated: August 20, 2023
  • Progress updates: 4 updates