Sweater #15 2016

Ooh, this pattern is a little gem!

Mods: I’ve worked the whole thing in the round, rather than 4 pieces: it was very straightforward to convert the instructions. I’ve juggled the raglan shaping very slightly (the front/back had a different number of raglan rows to the sleeves, which I didn’t quite understand); but it’s all worked out fine. I made the body very slightly longer than the stated size.

The pattern repeat, with the long stitches, was a bit fiddly and hard on the hands, but it wasn’t so difficult to do.

The Drops recycled cotton has a slightly faded hue to it, which I really like; and I’m very taken with coral right now! It’s cost 80p per ball… so this has cost just over £4 to make!

23.5: I’ve tried to capture the coral shade and failed… the photos look more orange to me, but it really is a lovely true coral - bright, but not neon/visible from outer space, which is what these photos would imply!