08-06-2025

Do you recognize that cable pattern? I borrowed it from Idril (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/idril-2) in the book Refined Knits. I liked the sweater, but I suck at following patterns. I changed the shoulders to straps and such. Also, there are floofy sleeves, because if I’m making my own clothes, there will be floofy sleeves.

Also, as I knit this in a light worsted, I put half the cable pattern on each side of the neck. I think these changes will make the sweater look better when it’s not skin tight on a thin woman.

I bought a lot of yarn, so I can make a long peplum to keep my back and lap warm over the winter.

08-17-2025

Sleeves reduced to 68 stitches. remember that a cable repeat is 16 rows.

08-23-2025

Let’s talk about the floofy sleeve detail.

First of all, it was photographed under daylight, so it looks pinker than the yarn does elsewhere. It’s not pink.

Second of all, I’m really, really happy with how this sleeve came out. It’s not exactly how it’s done in the book, where the sleeve is not floofy. But I used a magnifier (I’m old, OK?) to read the instructions and did a little variation on them.

Cable splay really works here. I start with two purl stitches between cable repeats on the set-up row. Then I increase two purl stitches in each purl section, for a total of four, so the sleeve does not get narrower when the cables pull in. But the sleeve gets nice curves.

Then the aforementioned cable splay makes the edge ruffle a bit. It gets even ruffle-er, because I finish the edge with two rows of purls and a loose purl bindoff.

Two thumbs up, would sleeve again.