Original Patterns: Paper Dolls and Chawton Mittens
Knitter Extraordinaire: Sydney (Ravelry ID)
Mods: Subbed out the original stranded yoke design for a completely customized and heavily modified version of the Chawton Mitten chart. Details and her notes can be found on Sydney’s project page, here.
What Makes This Awesome: This yoke is spectacular! I love how Sydney used different elements form the Chawton mitten pattern and then further customized and created and tweaked to adjust not only for the stitch count that she needed (no small feat considering how big the repeating cameos are). If you are considering changing a yoke for a big repeating design, consider some of the great details that Sydney used here- the designs in between the cameos are perfect for dealing with long floats, and add a great smaller detail that helps balance out the cameos, as well as provide an anchor for the repeating details at the edge of the yoke, and at the hem of the sweater and cuffs.
Planning out the yoke stitch count in advance and charting with graph paper will likely be a big help in approaching a modified chart like this, but it’s worth experimenting- with results this inspiring, time to bust out the graph paper!
Well that’s clever (and gorgeous)!
Wow! That is stunning.
Indeed, a stunning sweater and no doubt a lot of work involved, but so worth it!
She has so many beautiful finished projects! Some day I’ll attempt a sweater with needles size 5 or under. I tried one 40 years ago and still recall never getting it done.
Squee! The Chawton Mittens are my design, and this is absolutely the BEST, cleverest, most skillful repurpose of them I’ve ever seen.
Truly gorgeous and so inspiring!! I love it!
Gorgeous and unique….this has to be one of my favorite mods! Love how she styled it too.
Wow! That is stunning.
I’ll wait for me 🙂 yenihobi.com
Such a pretty knit and pretty photos! Finishing a sweater is such an achievement. Modifying the pattern AND finishing a sweater is nothing short of a miracle.