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DIAMONDS & STRIPES: testknit
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January 27, 2023
February 26, 2023

DIAMONDS & STRIPES: testknit

Tester project info
Diamonds & stripes by alfa knits
Knitting
Sweater → Pullover
me?
M_L
Needles & yarn
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
Paintbox Yarns Simply DK
583 yards in stash
4.07 skeins = 1229.1 yards (1123.9 meters), 407 grams
Midnight Blue (137)
Blue
Love crafts
January 11, 2022
Notes

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30-01-2023

so… in the round, before separating body and sleeves, I reached round 26 and I was looking at the length and it looked a bit short. So I made some projections and compared to what I should have at round 34 and it was less than the measurements for my size. slightly_frowning_face
Once again the swatch lead me wrong. I think I purl tighter than I knit, so working this pattern in the round leads to a tighter result. On top of that, usually my row count needs to be bigger for the same stitch count than other people (why, don’t know… Portuguese knitting perhaps), and I usually prioritize the st count instead of the row count.
So I kept going until round 42 (+8 round) skipping every other increase (i.e. increases every third round) to reach the same st count and adding the length I need, before separating body and sleeves.

06-02-2023

in the sleeves, I worked 10 more rows than instructed before starting the decrease rounds and 4 more rounds to the cuff to compensate for my short gauge.

26-02-2023

added length to the splits, a full diamond and added a crochet single stitch row to the splits because one side was a bit wonky…

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February 26, 2023
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Diamonds & stripes
by alfa knits
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Simply DK
by Paintbox Yarns
DK
100% Acrylic
302 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: January 24, 2023
  • Finished: February 26, 2023
  • Updated: April 5, 2023
  • Progress updates: 7 updates