I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. I have much gift knitting to discuss, but I think that’s best wrapped into a larger year-in-review post, since I don’t know where to start and I’m about to be without my computer for a few days. I’ve decided instead to begin my series on knitting my very own Pinstripe Pullover (I did not choose the word “dainty” and I always forget to use it). I intend to document my progress in meticulous detail, since this blog really dropped off when I couldn’t share what I was doing the first time around. Also, I hope that my commentary will be helpful to those who decide to make it for themselves.
I started it on Election Day, but I had to abandon it for holiday knitting right after that. When I picked it up again for the trip I saw that my tension was REALLY wacky (probably from all the drama of watching the results) and I had made a mistake. I want this sweater to be perfect so I ripped it out and started it over, so I’m right back to where I was at the end of Election Day.
I hesitated in starting my own because I agonized over what size to make (ironic, huh?). I have a 42 inch bust, so I was right in between sizes. I decided to make the 40.5 inch size because the pattern as knit with Alpaca Silk has quite a bit of horizontal stretch to it.
Here you can see the swatch I did for the Interweave sample. In the unstretched state there are just about 7 stripes (28 stitches) in four inches.
When the swatch is stretched, I can get six and a quarter stripes (25 stitches) to cross those four inches pretty comfortably.
Using that math, it could fit a 46 inch bust, not that that’s what I would recommend. Once I’m done with this I would love to get several other women to try it on so we can do our own size 12 Interweave Gallery.
I am heading out to Chicagoland to visit my Grandma until Tuesday. My mom, dad, and sister are coming too, so it’ll be a holiday visit to Illinois with the original Mooney clan, just like old times. The Pinstripe Pullover is a great project for travel to visit family, since that nice deep ribbing requires little concentration. When I return, I’ll begin my year-end series of posts!
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Batty // December 27, 2008 at 8:37 am |
It’s a lovely pullover! If you need more people to try it on… well, OK, I don’t live quite close enough, I think, but a girl can dream, right? It’s on my to knit list for the new year, and so far, I have been really good about clearing out stash space in preparation!
Week 1 - Mosaic Sampler 1 « Emilee Knits // January 3, 2009 at 11:51 am |
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