12-30-2019
I am 5’1 and 185lbs wearing a US 16 pants Bust circumference is 48. I have decided to knit the size F with a finished bust circumference of 47.75 .
Because I am at my heaviest right now I have been knitting the smallest size I can get away with wearing.
my preblocked gauge is 19 st and 26 row per 4 in
I Decided I wanted a gradient in the yoke so I took the suede color and knit it on my knitting machine, I knit just over 1 ball 107 G and dipped both ends in acid dye. I ended up pulling out some of the center section once I hit center of the chart to make the color balance. I then dyed the removed portion black ( it is slightly darker then original end color but it is not noticeable )
I did size up on the color-work using a US 6 This yarn is VERY SPRINGY and I possibly should have stayed with the US5. The top section was knit with a head cold and so far that shows in the quality of work. but again a good block should correct that. I didn’t catch and of the long floats until the last 3 or 4 rows of chart ;-)
finished chart using almost all of the dyed yarn for CC a tiny ball remains. and used 2 balls of MC….. wow 300G in just yoke ;-0. I have 4 balls left of sunset hopefully 2 needed for remaining body and 1 for each sleeve. I do have a short torso so might not need to knit 11in . yarn is available on Amazon and joanns so i can order more if needed.
12/29 separated for the sleeves
01-06-2020
I believe the weight of my sweater is throwing off my row gauge.
Width at underarm is 52 should be 47.75 for size F
I knit body length to 9 inches then added 2 in ribbing. I knit sleeves until all decreasing was done then added ribbing
15 inch plus 2 inch ribbing. Sleeves are about 4 inches long for me.
my sweater fits like a over-sized hug. I will shorten the sleeves and then do a quick decrease just before ribbing. I might add a single row of crochet to the neckline as 700G of yarn is hanging off of it.
I love this comfy sweater and it will be a staple in my wardrobe.
I used almost every last drop of the 7 balls used. I have a few yards of black left and 20G of red.
01-13-2020
I ripped back sleeve ribbing and maybe 1 in of length? I have tiny wrists short arms and short torso , so I went to smallest cuff size stitch count by quickly decreasing in 1 row. Then with US2 ( because I had flexiflips in that size sitting next to me) I did the 1x1 cuff.
I also did 1 round of single crochet around neck for stability. My sweater fits like my turtle dove and I absolutely love it. This yarn is very warm and pilling a lot! But I did wear it the entire weekend.
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