Testknit: Port Rexton
Finished
August 21, 2020
September 19, 2020

Testknit: Port Rexton

Tester project info
Port Rexton by Jennifer Beale
Knitting
SweaterPullover
me
knitjbeale on ravelry
4
Needles & yarn
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
26 stitches and 31 rows = 4 inches
in fair isle
Northcoast 4ply
Fingering (14 wpi)
5 skeins = 492.1 yards (450.0 meters), 125 grams
Scourie
Nc4 11f
Blue-green
The Border Mill Shop
August 15, 2020
Northcoast 4ply
Fingering (14 wpi)
1.5 skeins = 135.0 yards (123.4 meters), 37 grams
Achiltibuie
Nc4 29d
Purple
The Border Mill Shop
August 15, 2020
Northcoast 4ply
Fingering (14 wpi)
1.5 skeins = 135.0 yards (123.4 meters), 37 grams
Gorse
Nc4 26d
Yellow
The Border Mill Shop
August 15, 2020
Northcoast 4ply
Fingering (14 wpi)
1.5 skeins = 135.0 yards (123.4 meters), 37 grams
An Teallach
Purple
The Border Mill Shop
August 15, 2020
Northcoast 4ply
Fingering (14 wpi)
1.5 skeins = 135.0 yards (123.4 meters), 37 grams
Gneiss
Nc4 06c
Purple
The Border Mill Shop
August 15, 2020
Northcoast 4ply
Fingering (14 wpi)
1.5 skeins = 135.0 yards (123.4 meters), 37 grams
Sutherland skies
Nc4 10c
Blue
The Border Mill Shop
August 15, 2020
Northcoast 4ply
Fingering (14 wpi)
2 skeins = 180.0 yards (164.6 meters), 50 grams
Knockan Crag
Nc4 39c
Blue
The Border Mill Shop
August 15, 2020
Northcoast 4ply
Fingering (14 wpi)
2 skeins = 180.0 yards (164.6 meters), 50 grams
Cape wrath
Nc4 14c
Blue
The Border Mill Shop
August 15, 2020
Northcoast 4ply
Fingering (14 wpi)
The Border Mill Shop
August 15, 2020
Notes

Testknit for Jennifer Beale.

gauge ndl 3,5mm: 26x31 = 10x10cm.

This i will use for needlesize B: the stranded colourwork. i still knit size 4, should give me about 12cm positive ease.

For needlesize A i will use 3mm.

I changed some colours since browns make me look dead(ish):

A: Scourie for sleeves and purple peerie
A: Assynt in yellow peerie
B: Cape Wrath
C: Knockan Crag
D: Sutherland Skies
E: Sutherland Skies
F: a Wee Dram
G ->O: same as pattern

When i came to the welt i got stuck. I could not find my navy blue purl bumps, so i just sewed the welt down in the spots where the purl bumps approx. were. Worked fine slightly_smiling_face

Sleeves:
For the 7 - 5 stitch i added 2 yo’s on the purl row below it (in the correct spots) and knitted the purl stitches real loose.
These 2 tweaks made a multiple k7tog quite enjoyable. rolling_on_the_floor_laughing

For the hem you need to pick up loads of stitches and then an i-cord bindoff. I did not do it. Next time i would do a provisonal cast on..so you do not have to pick up those stitches if i do want an i-cord hem.

I did the sleeves flat and when the fair isle started i went back to knitting in the round.

This was another fun knit. i love this jumper already.

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Finished
August 21, 2020
September 19, 2020
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  • Project created: August 10, 2020
  • Finished: September 18, 2020
  • Updated: December 31, 2020
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