Idle Hands
Finished
September 21, 2012
January 5, 2013

Idle Hands

Project info
Idlewood by Cecily Glowik MacDonald
Knitting
SweaterPullover
myself
33.5 / 36.72"
Needles & yarn
US 10½ - 6.5 mm
US 10 - 6.0 mm
Berroco Peruvia
none left in stash
5.25 skeins = 913.5 yards (835.3 meters), 525 grams
Gray
Unravel Yarn Shop & Gallery in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Notes

Looking forward to some mindless stockinette st to keep my hands busy while my brain is occupied by school.

a few mods:

  • three sets of bust decreases instead of 4
  • added full length sleeves

-Although i am a size 36 bust, i didn’t want this to be too big up top, so I cast on with instructions for the smallest size (33”) for the shoulders/bust. I did fewer decreases than the pattern suggests, but knit the rest of the body according to the pattern. BO somewhere between the 33” size and the 36” size. 135 sts. fits perfect.

Sleeves
-placed sts on dpns
-picked up 6 sts (as per pattern)
-knit (in stockinette stitch) 4 rows / 1”
-began dec: k1, k2tog, knit to 3 sts before marker, ssk, k1.
-continued decrease every 3”/ every 14 rows 4x
-knit 12 rounds of 2x2 rib and BO in pattern.

Afterthoughts:
-the sleeves feel a little short. could use an extra 1.5-2” (but are great for showing off bracelets!)
-might replace the garter stitch on the bottom with 2x2 rib to match the sleeves

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Finished
September 21, 2012
January 5, 2013
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  • Project created: September 21, 2012
  • Finished: January 6, 2013
  • Updated: May 26, 2021
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