August 27, 2019

Omg. I finally tried it on last nite…I luvvvvv this sweater!

It needs a good blocking and looks funky on my dress form BUT it’s cute af on my body!

Going for the long sleeves!

September 3, 2019

Yay! My ember sweater is blocking! <3

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Project Notes:

I made the XL size and was able to get away with 2 skeins of MC (Olann “Middle of Nowhere”/Green) with 9 grams leftover. However I did make some changes, please see below:

I made no changes to the body other than using an invisible lifted increase for increases rather than M1’s.

For the Sleeves (long version):

After the first decrease round I only knit 40 rounds of stockinette.

After Round 45 I skipped the increases before Colorwork 9, leaving the stitch count at 112 and followed the Size L numbers for the remainder of the sleeve as I wanted a slimmer, fitted sleeve for the forearm/wrist to balance the positive ease of the rest of the sleeve/body.

Cuff/Rib: I knit 8 rounds then decreased all the way around (k4, k2tog) then I knit 8 more rounds and decreased again. Total cuff rows: 25 (for a nice long very fitted cuff to match the hem)