Fruit Stripe Gum
Finished
August 4, 2015
September 4, 2015

Fruit Stripe Gum

Project info
Robin by Josée Paquin
Knitting
SweaterPullover
M
Needles & yarn
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1,008 yards
madelinetosh 80/10/10 Fingering
41 yards in stash
0.8 skeins = 324.0 yards (296.3 meters)
Madelinetosh
madelinetosh 80/10/10 Fingering
494 yards in stash
0.08 skeins = 32.4 yards (29.6 meters)
White
Madelinetosh
madelinetosh BFL Sock
196 yards in stash
1.5 skeins = 652.5 yards (596.6 meters)
Red-orange
Madelinetosh
Notes

I’m easing the transition of the red to the speckled yarn by knitting one row of offwhite on either end of the speckled stripes.

I started out making the medium, but hated how baggy it was getting halfway through the raglan, so I eliminated a lot of the increases and divided for sleeves at least 25 rows earlier than called for. I don’t do baggy!

I’ll be making this a bit more cropped as well, and with thicker stripes to play up the beauty of Cosmic Wonder Dust.

See my sketch photo where I drew up some ideas of a different strip pattern based on how much of the speckled yarn I had! Everyone was drawn to #3 so I went with that.

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September 4, 2015
 
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by madelinetosh
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80% Merino, 10% Cashmere goat, 10% Nylon
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100% Bluefaced Leicester
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  • Project created: August 5, 2015
  • Finished: October 7, 2015
  • Updated: December 19, 2015
  • Progress updates: 3 updates