09-22-2015

ok so last night I cast on the second largest size but with size 9 needles. I wanted it really slouchy and a bit tighter of a knit. it was still loose, too loose for my liking. mostly because I have this madelinetosh yarn with these very subtle hints of color and you cant see them as well with the bigger needles.

I am going to try tonight with size 7 needles …. fingers crossed

07-06-2016

ok so I have been swamped with gift knitting and I finally have time to pick this back up….only to have lost the notebook my row by row notes were in…im frogging as I type =(.

07-06-2016

DO OVER!
I’m going to go with the size 9 needles…. I think in my first attempt I ended up going down to a 6 but as my notes are lost…we will never know. That will teach me to slack on entering my notes into ravelry! (but I also had written out row by row directions and stitch counts to be fair)

Anywho, I’m making the XXL size because I am going down a needle size and I want the sweater to be light and super drapey. Also, I’m not fooling myself, I’m not a little lady either. I normally wear an XL on top tho, not a XXXL. That’s why I love the look of this sweater…the V in the back makes it slimming.

07-28-2016

I decided to add my Spun Right Round dirty denim colorway. I want the sweater to be cool and one of a kind without screaming “hi I’m homemade because no manufacturer would ever produce something in this combination” Does that make sense? Like OOAK but still pretty.

I think I’m going to do my next (4th) section with the Great Gray Owl again. That is the color I started with. That way I will keep some continuity with the color choices.

08-08-2016

I’m driving myself nuts with picking colors… besides changing my mind a million times, I’ve taken out every fingering weight in my stash to see if it works.
That’s how I came to decide on the cathedral.

10-02-2016

I’m adding more 22 row sections, so far 3, I’m pretty tall, about 5’10”, and I would like this to cover my butt. I know it will stretch and I still have to add the collar so I may stick with 3.

Im trying to end with a stockinet section….AND BE DONE BY RHINEBECK

11-09-2016

so the Rhinebeck thing didn’t happen… no surprise there. As I type this I am on my last sleeve. I did the collar part before the sleeves, mostly because I just wanted the body done.

COLLAR MODS: I knit both sides at the same time because I wanted to have a thicker collar than 3 or 4 rows at the back of the neck. So what I did was do like 4 or 5 short rows on the left and then knit across to the right and repeat. then back to the left side for another 4 or 5 short rows and knit across and repeat what I did on the left. I kept going until I had like 30 or so short rows.

the other mod I made by accident was when I added the extra sections I ended on a st st section, I thought because of the garter border it wouldn’t be a problem… the border is flipping itself up now (before blocking) I hope blocking solves the issue. ill make a note if it doesn’t in hopes of saving someone the trouble.

The sleeves are the only other change…. as it is now November I wanted full sleeves instead of 3/4. and I went down to size 7 for 2 x 2 ribbed cuff.

11-28-2016

my final note! I just wanted to add that this sweater grew about 30% after blocking. its super long. I’m tall so I don’t mind, I actually prefer it. but a heads up to anyone knitting it in the gauge on the pattern.

11-12-2018

This comment is to give the last photo some context and is more about the yarn than the project… obviously I have encountered some pilling (or a whole ton). I have only hand washed this 2 times since blocking and I have no idea why its pilling so badly. I mean its not just the arm pits or places with a lot of wear, its everywhere I used the madtosh 80/10/10.

I think this is a blessing in disguise though, I love this cardi but the sleeves just didn’t feel right on me. I prefer a tighter knit on my sleeves when working with fingering weight. I am toying with the idea to frog the sleeves and use a different yarn and smaller needle.

Also, I like to be able to role my sleeves or scrunch them up so I am def gonna add a nice long ribbed cuff and make this full length sleeves. I dont even think I would have to adjust the stitch count much because the sleeves are very loose.

So if you see a note after this one, I have gotten around to doing it.