Aran Islands Sweater
Finished
December 29, 2022
January 18, 2023

Aran Islands Sweater

Project info
Songbird Sweater by Knit Sisu
Knitting
SweaterPullover
M/L
Needles & yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
US 9 - 5.5 mm
16 stitches and 23 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch using size 9 needles
Blarney Woollen Mills Donegal Tweed Handknitting Wool
183 yards in stash
6 skeins = 1098.0 yards (1004.0 meters), 600 grams
Red-purple
Blarney Woollen Mills in Blarney, Cork
Notes

I bought this wool in Ireland this summer. I really have a thing for tweed!
I loved the cable detail of the sweater, it is simple and subtle but so appealing.
I did opt to make the neck a bit wider, mainly because of the wool I chose I just didn’t want it close to my neck. I modified the length of the yoke by ~ an inch. I also really disliked how the eyelets looked with my knitting so I restarted and just used M1 instead of YO for the raglan increases. For the body I found it helpful to put markers around the cable and ribbing sections. Cabling without a cable needle (and removing the eyelets) makes this a great TV knit.

I knit the sleeves two at a time, matched the ribbing to my neckline width, and tried on repeatedly to get my preferred sleeve length.

I referenced my Wild Lavender sweater for overall schematics to get my ideal positive ease without looking sloppy on this project.

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Aran
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  • Project created: December 29, 2022
  • Finished: January 19, 2023
  • Updated: January 20, 2023
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