This is a giant blanket of a sweater. Super warm and wonderful. I really loved how it was written - a seed stitch seater coat is a simple concept, but the designer added several details that elevated it and pulled it all together. I adjusted the lengths slightly to better suit the frame - I knit the fronts and back to 18.5” and the sleeves to 15”.
I wanted this sweater not to have the stripey look of handspun, so I alternated skeins in a complicated scheme detailed below. It was totally worth it, I really like how the color distribution worked out.
Trying to manage having an odd number of skeins that I want to alternate to even out tension/color.
Skein 1: 210 g
Skein 2: 211 g
Skein 3: 209 g
Sleeve 1
85g - made up of skeins 2 & 3
Skein 2: 170g remain, so 41g used
Skein 3: 163g remain, 46g used
Sleeve 2
78g - made up of skeins 1 & 3
Skein 1: 170g remain, so 40g used
Skein 3: 124g, 39g used
Right front
84g - made up of skeins 1 & 3
Skein 1: 127g remain, so 43g used
Skein 3: 82g remain, so 42g used
Back
148g - made up of skeins 1 & 2
Skein 1: 48g remain, so 79g used
Skein 2: 71g remain, so 99g used
Left front
91g - made up of skeins 2 & 3
Skein 2: 31g remain, so 40g used
Skein 3: 35g remain, so 47g used
So for seaming, pockets, and button band I have:
48g of skein 1
31g of skein 2
35g of skein 3
Finishing
Skein 1: 10g remain, so 38g used
Skein 2: 7g remain, so 24g used
Skein 3: 9g remain, so 26g used
Total
Skein 1: 200g, 268yds used
Skein 2: 204g, 272yds used
Skein 3: 200g, 246yds used