Jessie's Girl
Finished
April 14, 2016
June 20, 2016

Jessie's Girl

Project info
Jessie's Girl by Elizabeth Smith
Knitting
TopsTee
me!
Small
Needles & yarn
US 8 - 5.0 mm
17 stitches and 25 rows = 4 inches
in Garter Stitch
The Plucky Knitter Lodge Fingering
115 yards in stash
1.72 skeins = 705.2 yards (644.8 meters), 172 grams
Purple
The Plucky Knitter Reserve
March 25, 2016
Notes

Blocked measurements:
Length from armhole - 15” front (~12” unblocked)
Width - 23”

Easy peasy pattern, and a fast knit if you’re disciplined enough… :) I get distracted easily. The split front/back sections were a lot faster for me. I ended up knitting the body longer than specified in the pattern, because I like my tops a bit longer (44 garter ridges in the front). As I knit along, I held up the work and measured length, using gravity to help, since I figured my swatch wouldn’t give me as much of an idea of length growth with a whole sweater.

I used regular wrap & turns, and didn’t see the need to alternate with this particular colorway/yarn base combo. Lodge feels so soft while knitting, and soaking softens it up even more. Blocking really seemed to help with the drape - I was a little worried at the boxy-ness of it at first, but even my husband was surprised at how it changed. :)

I think I’ll be living in this!

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Finished
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by The Plucky Knitter
Fingering
60% Merino, 20% Cotton, 10% Linen / Flax, 10% Silk
410 yards / 115 grams

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  • Originally queued: April 4, 2015
  • Project created: April 1, 2016
  • Finished: June 20, 2016
  • Updated: December 24, 2016
  • Progress updates: 4 updates