Sheep, sheep everywhere! 161 of them, to be precise. Knit seamlessly because fuck sewing in stranded sleeves. Shaped like a mofo by in- and decreasing between sheep instead of in princess seams and it worked marvelously and almost invisibly. Felt like a surprisingly quick knit for a plus-sized stranded fingering-weight sweater, possibly because it’s so entertaining to see the sheep emerge.
Got done just in time for temperatures to pick up. OF COURSE.
(And the shoulders are less poufy than the photos suggest. Honest.)
Set-in sleeves Knitting Workshop pp. 86-87
1 rep = 8 x 8.3 cm
Gauge: 30.5 x 32
Boatneck
5 repeats both on body and sleeves before yoke
Width between sleeves: 31 cm (could well be 3-4 cm wider so that the chest piece can be a bit lower)
SLEEVE
CO 72 sts on 2.25 mm
k1p1 20 rnds, k1 rnds while inc 1 -- 73 sts (3 rep + center spine)
beg inc 2nd patt rw, inc every 6th rw 12 times (4 rep + 1 = 97)
BODY
CO 360 on 2.25 mm
k1p1 10 rnds, k 1 rnd (15 rep)
Waist shaping: k2tog in each sheep rep 3x over 11 cm (33 rows), then inc 2/rep in back, 6 on front over 11 cm. Dec 4 on front over next 11 cm.
07.03.2016
Classic case of “amazing at how quickly things grow if you actually work on them instead of glowering at them sitting in the knitting basket!” -- it is, in fact, possible to do half a sheep per evening, and on the body no less! After having this on the backburner for a while in favor of Simen’s sweater and two baby sets, I’m super excited to get back to the flock <3
05.04.2016
3.5 sheep repeats (resheeps? sheepeats?) on the body and a whole sleeve done! These last couple of days have been nothing but sheep, and I’m finally getting into the rhythm of them -- it’s such a large and not necessarily intuitive repeat that it takes its time.
Doing the body shaping by way of decreasing the spacing between sheep is nothing short of a stroke of genius, even if I do say so myself. It worked out fantastically for the waist, now I just hope I can keep track of the different increase rates on the front and back.
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