1.2.12
This was my favourite sweater in high school. As I was a size 2 then, and will no longer be that size ever again, I turned it into a pillow and a soaker after my first daughter was born. My second is currently wearing the pants and seeing them again makes me really miss my sweater. So I thought that I would take a crack at reproducing it. Wish me luck! replication magnifying motives

11.1.12
Picked up the yarn today… hopefully will be able to cast on soon.

13.4.12
Here we go…

My Numbers

• n to n is 36” - 4” for border gives 32”

• gage is 24 sts in 4” so need 192 sts for 32”

• 192 sts x 55% gives 106 sts

• add 8 sts for steek width and - 4 sts for steek length

• gives 110 sts to co

• for increases, k1, backwards loop co, k around, bl, k1

• worked increase for 2 rows before starting chart - 114 sts

• increased until 192 sts

• continuted pattern for 40cm or 15.75”

• split 38 sts (20%) 116 sts (60%) 38 sts (20%)

• inc 3 sts on either side of markers for steak (+12 or 204 sts total)

• k in pattern for 8”

• marked and matched main steek, sewed with a machine, then cut

• kitchenered shoulders, 40 sts left or 21%

• picked up 2 for every 3 along sides, 1 for 1 along the bottom

• decreased p2tog at the beginning and end of the neck sts and increased on rows 1,5,9,13,17

• completed 21 rows or 10 garter ridges before bo in I-cord.

• for finishing I noticed that the steek edge wasn’t all that nice. I think that I prefer the crocheted steek like the one that I did on the owls sweater. It held the yarn ends better. A fellow KW knit mobber suggested I needle felt the ends to make them look nicer so I actually needle felted one strand of the grey yarn onto the frayed edges then trimmed them. It came out looking quite nice and was a lot easier to blanket st down. I took pictures of my progress (pics 4 - 6) to show you how it looks.

6.5.12
All finished!! The sweater turned out beautifully and I can’t wait to wear it! I am hoping that it will be dry in time to submit it into our local knitting competition… entries have to be in by tonight! I am a little proud of me.

13.6.12
Last night my abalone sweater won first prize at the adjudicated show for the kitchener waterloo knitters guild!