August 21, 2017

I have worked on this for one week now and a lot of that time has been me changing my mind on colours, and the colours positions in the yoke. Also known as ripping and ripping and ripping and ripping.

I have finished the colourwork (and colour selection) and short row shaping of the yoke and I am separating for the sleeves.

I chose what size to knit based on the sts count of the yoke. I have knit so many lettlopi sweaters that I have my favourite yoke-numbers - to me a very easy way to pick what size I want.

In this pattern the size I am making is called M: 96 cm bust circumference.

I am making the sleeves one size up from my size by casting on 10 sts under the arm instead of 6.
This will also make the body a little bigger.
Bodies are bodies and I want my sweater to fit me.

For the yoke I have used:

• one full ball (+ perhaps one meter) of CC1: white (0051) - the contour colour.

• half a ball of CC3: golden heather (9426) - yoke background.

• half a ball of CC2: ash heather (0054) - centre of motif.

• almost one ball of MC: royal fuchsia (1705)

August 31, 2017

Two and a half weeks in to the project and I have bound off the body.

I have carefully checked gauge: 18/24 - happy!

Bust: 101 cm - giving me a size between M and L.
180 body.
66 sleeve.

I followed the decreases and increases as written for size M, and than just continued “in pattern” two more increases.
I stood in front of the mirror and realised I wanted a sweater of the little longer kind.

Knitting topdown it was just too tempting not to just knit a little more.

My body measures 49 cm from armhole to bind off.

For the body I have used exactly 5 full balls and 1/5 of a ball of MC.

September 7, 2017

I did the sleeves with 10 row intervals, as my row gauge is slightly elongated compared to the pattern I got a long and lovely sleeve just as I wanted.
66 => 48 > 42.

My sleeves measure 52 cm.

My sleeves and body are much longer than the pattern states.

The yoke is knit exactly to size M.
After splitting for the sleeves I added stitches in the armhole, this gave me a body between M and L with L sleeves.
I love the fit this gave me!

I have used exactly 8 full balls of MC.

I look forward to posting the pictures of the finished garment!