Olga x Nuppunen (#1)

jbeanmade
Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:16:50 GMT

4.5mm for majority
4mm for body and sleeve ribbings
3.5mm for collar

this sweater was 1/2 free to me

i like the nuppunen chart but it’s a kids pattern. the largest size would technically fit me but would not give me the ease that i desire.

i am not a fan of the circular yoke silhouette so i don’t want to put the chart in an adult circular yoke sweater pattern.
raglan would likely work but i prefer drop sleeve.

so i adapted the chart from the nuppunen pattern to work it flat across the yoke.

i’m not following any stitch count from olga, just the general silhouette; my cast on stitch count will fall between sizes XS and S

i’m using 4.5mm needles and KFO merino held double, giving me a gauge slightly smaller than written (her’s is 20sts & 30 rows, mine is 21sts & 32 rows)

for rows 1-17 of the chart, oatmeal is not dominant
for rows 18-25, dusty aqua is not dominant

I did SO much math to make this sweater work without having to frog. SO much math. it’s been great

new years story time:
in 2025, i cast on, if i’m counting correctly, 75 projects. of those, i finished a whopping 39 projects, which i recognize is a lot of projects to finish in a single year, but what stands out to me more is the 36 projects i left unfinished in 2025. i don’t like that. i am a task-completer so the fact that i left so much unfinished in 2025 bothers me. in an attempt to avoid leaving 2026 with a similar amount of unfinished projects, i am imposing rules on myself. Rule Number One: I am not allowed to cast on more than 26 projects in 2026. This is a very fair and very doable number. It allows me to cast on 2 projects a month with a little wiggle room. If I somehow have already cast on 26 projects by like June, that should be no problem because I have so many things to finish. Rule Number Two: I am allowed to buy yarn for one new project a month, or spend $100 on yarn for new projects a month, whichever comes first. This will help me not spend all my money on yarn, and will help me not cast on like crazy like in 2025.
So, for 2026 projects, I am including which cast on of 2026 in the project title on Ravelry. This will help me keep track and help hold me accountable. This is my first cast on of 2026, hence the “(#1)” in the project title.
I have one exception. Cast on’s for shop samples for Olde School do not count.

01-03-2026

finished the trapezoid. it’s just over 5” but now i’m getting 22sts to 4 inches

01-04-2026

finished the chart on the back yoke. it’s now 8.5”

realized that in order to do the colorwork at the bottom of the body, i’m going to have to cast on 7 stitches at each underarm to get the pattern to line up. I think instead of doing that, I’m gonna add three increase rows at the bottom of the yoke to shape the arm hole then only cast on 1 at each underarm

01-05-2026

finished back yoke. it’s 10.5” used 33g of oatmeal
finished both shoulders and connected front

01-06-2026

finished the pre-chart rows on the front yoke

01-07-2026

finished the yoke! in the round finally
finished first skein (oatmeal) at some point

01-11-2026

finished the first second and third skeins of merino (aqua) slightly over 4” into the body

02-19-2026

finished the fourth skein of merino (aqua) right before finishing using it in the body
finished the fifth skein (aqua) at the end of body colorwork

02-20-2026

finished the body minus the bind off (and finished second skein of oatmeal, 6th skein total)
started the collar

02-21-2026

finished the collar
started the first sleeve

02-23-2026

nearly finished the first sleeve (just a few ribbing rows left)
the sleeve took 70g of aqua
finished 7th skein (aqua)

02-24-2026

finished the first sleeve
started the second sleeve
second sleeve will finish 8th skein (aqua) but I caked them up weird so that I will have no clue when that happens

02-26-2026

finished second sleeve
bound off the body
FINITO