Knitty Knitty
Knitty is supposed to come out monday, that's kinda crappy isn't it!! They should have it come out on fridays so we can spend all weekend drooling and dreaming!
There is a Knitty Tubey KAL going on over at craftster.org. There is one solid purple/pink one that I just love on there.
I just love solid colored sweaters. I can knit this up in my Karaoke, or in my Silky Wool. Both are slightly off gauge and I can probably make it work better in the Silky Wool because I can go down a needle size, and I tend to like to go down a needle size for most yarns. So it's nice to see a sweater, want to knit it, and decide to use stash for it!
Essential Stripe 2.0 Progress Photo
It may not look like much but it is progress! I am through the neck increases, so all that is left is to keep increasing and knitting the sleeves until the increase line measures 10 or so inches. Hopefully this weekend I can get to the join and work in the round all next week and get the body finished.
Note for self:
What is really weird is, by the math that sweater is 34". But when I measure it with a measuring tape its 30" (15" wide) and I checked the gauge, it's correct at 5st per inch as when I swatched it before I made it. I can't figure out why the math and the finished measurments do not match!
I am knitting this next sweater with a 5.5 st per inch gauge, but knitting I believe the same size as the other one, BECAUSE the math says it's going to be 30" wide!! So I have no idea what the heck I am doing wrong, but hopefully this fits. So far it looks only a smidge smaller then the other one in the neck which is fine by me, besides its a top down raglen so I can just do more increases before I remove the sleeve stitches.
Comments
april says;
Yes, the beauty of the top down raglan, you can just MAKE it fit, regardless of gauge issues =) Just be careful not to make the sleeves too big around. (not that I have to tell you that, but I did anyway, for some reason) ;p
I like how it looks so far, work and colors equally nice.
anne says;
i'm a little confused abbout what it is you are measuring, but if you are just measuring the stitches between the increase lines, you will need to add on the stitches you will cast on under the arms to the chest width.
if you already did that, then maybe the problem is that when you measured the gauge, you were still in the area where you worked back and forth. the gauge will be looser there. once you join the neck and start working in the round, your gauge will tighten up and the sweater will be smaller below that line. the reason for that is: most people purl a little looser than they knit, so workig back and forth results in a looser gauge. when you work in the round, you are ONLY knitting, and the work is tighter.
i don't know if that helps, but hopefully it does!