A sleeve!

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Look! A sleeve! After my last post about this sweater, I tried to give it a sleeve and it worked out well, but the more I looked at that post, the more I was bothered by the fit of the body. There seemed to be too much negative ease for what my math said there should be. I measured and lo and behold! It was teeny tiny. I either lost gauge when I was knitting or I swatched on 5mm needles and I worked the body in 4.5mm. I’m not sure what happened.

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I decided to start over with the gauge I got for the above version of the sweater. I recalculated everything, got cracking, and I think I have like four inches of the body left to knit at the moment. I wasn’t super upset about having to start over because despite how awesome the back is, the lace placement on the front wasn’t doing it for me. There also was one lace panel that was 10 rows long and all of the other panels are increments of 4 so it was a bit confusing to keep track of that. I got rid of it completely which makes the sweater a thousand times easier to knit.

In conclusion, hooray for my first seamless set in sleeve! Boo for having to start over.


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11 responses to “A sleeve!”

  1. Good luck on your second go. I love the color of this!

  2. Good luck on your second go. I love the color of this!

  3. a seamless set in sleeve is still a remarkable knitting achievement!! it was the practice run for the new one you’ll do instead. It looks amazing so far!

  4. a seamless set in sleeve is still a remarkable knitting achievement!! it was the practice run for the new one you’ll do instead. It looks amazing so far!

  5. I agree – it’s looking really great! I’m sure the final will be worth all the ripping.

  6. Looks gorgeous!

  7. Looks gorgeous!

  8. I love it! I can’t wait to see the finished sweater 🙂 It’s looking fantastic

  9. Success! That color is really a perfect choice for you.

  10. Success! That color is really a perfect choice for you.

  11. This looks beautiful! Such a great color, and the lace & long ribs & everything look so perfect!

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