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I finally finished my “Nuuk” pullover by Jonna Hietala yesterday and it fits really well, so I’m glad I decided to go down a size for this particular project. (Yarn used was Noro Tennen in Alpine colorway).
I have two other sweaters on the needles now…the new “Soundtrack” pattern being one of them (more on that later).
In my last post, I mentioned my two WIPs: Nuuk from Jonna Hietala (using Noro Tennen yarn “Alpine” colorway) and the second is Wedge Yoke Lace Pullover by Eunny Jang (using Louisa Harding Trenzar yarn “Pumpkin” colorway).
I was hoping to be finished with at least one of them by now, but life has prevented that from happening…more specifically, my sore wrist has prevented that from happening. I have made progress, however, which I’m picturing below. Progress is progress, right?
I’ve been watching several classes on Bluprint (formerly Craftsy), using my subscription (and “own forever” classes) since they’ve announced they’re going to close everything down at some point in the future. Apparently, we’re supposed to be able to download our “own forever” classes, but we won’t have access to the subscription classes after they shut everything down. That could be a year or more from now–they haven’t said yet–but I’m soaking up as much knowledge as I can before everything does shut down. (I have at least 30 “own forever” classes that I’ll have to download since I’ve been on Craftsy since 2015). The Wedge Yoke Lace Pullover by Eunny Jang is from one of those Bluprint classes…as was my first seamless raglan sweater project that I recently finished.
I finished my Anker’s Summer Shirt by Petiteknits a few days ago and I’m super pleased with the end results. Part of me already wants to make another one, but I would like to try a few other top-down raglan tops before I circle back around to this one again.
Yarn used on this top: Sublime Yarns Merino Cashmere Silk DK (Cinnamon colorway)
After about 6 weeks of off-and-on knitting, my first adult knitted sweater is finished. Although it’s made to be oversized, I wish I had chosen the smaller size because it does feel really big, but I’ll deal with it. I’m super proud of it…mostly because I’ve always shied away from really large projects like this one.
Now that it’s done, I’m excited about knitting other sweaters and tops. I’ve already started on Anker’s Summer Shirt by Petiteknit. I’ve already separated for the sleeves on that project.
I finally finished the body of my seamless raglan sweater and now I’m working on the arms. I was getting low on the orange color yarn, so I had to improvise and add in a dark brown color of the same yarn to make sure I had enough for the whole sweater. I’ve reserved a ball of orange for each arm (92 yards/ball) and when I start getting low, I’ll start the stripes in the dark brown and transition to brown like I did on the edge of the body. So far, I’m pleased with the results of this sweater…but I am ready to be done with it and move on to other projects.
I’ve been working on my first (adult) sweater for a week and half now (minus the 3 day break I took to knit my uncle’s beanie) and I’m almost halfway there, I think. Because I’m not used to knitting so much (hours everyday), my right shoulder has been giving me some problems and I’ve taken a day off here and there for fear of doing myself a mischief.
I mentioned in my first post about this sweater that I felt I was using the wrong yarn. I still feel that way, but there’s nothing for it. I’ll just have to finish and learn from my mistakes next time. I’m using Schachenmeyr Merino Extrafine 85…and the twist is so loose that I know this sweater will get snagged easily. Also, while the stitch definition is awesome, that can also be a problem, especially around join areas. Again, live and learn.
Here’s my current progress and I’m hoping to be finished by next week? We’ll see, I guess. If my shoulder gives out on me, it’ll be longer for sure.
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’m not the kind of knitter who likes long, drawn out projects, but one of my friends was knitting a sweater recently and I finally broke down and started knitting one myself. I’ve knitted baby sweaters before, but never an adult sweater. I’ve crocheted tops for myself, but never knitted any kind of garment other than scarves, cowls, socks, shawls, etc.
So, that being said, I found a raglan sweater pattern that was labeled “easy” and cast on. I have no idea how long this project will take since I’ve never knitted an adult sweater, but others have said it took them about two weeks or so with this weight of yarn (worsted/aran), so we’ll see how accurate that time line works for me. This is my third day working on it (knitting about 1-3 hours per day), and I’m about halfway finished with the yoke portion of this top-down pattern.
I wish I had chosen a different yarn already, but I’m committed at this point. (Schachenmayr Yarns, Merino Extrafine 85, 100% superwash merino). (This yarn shows every little flaw in my stitch definition and looks like it might snag easily since the strands are so loosely twisted).
My husband bought me a row counter ring (knitter’s Pride) as part of my mystery bag of yarn from Hook A Frog Fiber & Fun (Madison, AL) for our wedding anniversary, so I’m using it while working on this project instead of writing my completed rows down like I usually do. I prefer the ring method since it’s one less thing to keep up with over pen and paper.
Here’s a picture of my progress so far, minus about four rows or so.
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