Love Note - steel lilacs
Finished
April 18, 2025
May 10, 2025

Love Note - steel lilacs

Project info
Love Note by tincanknits
Knitting
SweaterPullover
Me
XL-XXL
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
2,158 yards
Filcolana Tilia
1768 yards in stash
4.3 skeins = 987.5 yards (903.0 meters), 107 grams
0923
Purple
Frydefuld Merino Sock
223 yards in stash
2.52 skeins = 1171.3 yards (1071.0 meters), 252 grams
602
Handdyed
Blue-purple
Frydefuld
Notes

My second Love Note slightly_smiling_face

Went down in needle size to knit a size XL-XXL to hopefully end up with a fabric and size that I like.

Modifications
Yoke and body

  • did three extra rounds of raglan increases -> final stitch count 344
  • number of sleeve stitches: 62 instead of 56
  • casted on 9 sts at underarm + picked up 1 each stitch at each side and did not decrease on the following round
  • number of stitches for the body: 220
  • skipped the short rows at the bottom of the back
  • knitted till body measured 29 cm from underarm
  • knitted 9 rnds for the ribbing on the body before binding off
  • bound off in pattern Neckline
  • skipped all decreases for the neck
  • did five rnds ribbing for the neck. Bound off in pattern on smaller needle Sleeves
  • picked up two extra sts when I started working on the sleeve but didn’t decrease on the first round as usual (73 sts total)
  • sleeve measures 28 cm before decreases (did 77 rnds)
  • sleeve decrease before ribbing on larger needle
  • bound off in pattern.

Tutorial for Provisional cast on - https://blog.tincanknits.com/2015/07/16/provisional-cast-...

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Finished
April 18, 2025
May 10, 2025
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by Filcolana
Lace
70% Mohair, 30% Silk
230 yards / 25 grams

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by Frydefuld
Light Fingering
80% Merino, 20% Nylon
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  • Project created: April 13, 2025
  • Finished: May 10, 2025
  • Updated: May 30, 2025
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