Apparently if you take your knitting with you absolutely everywhere, you’ll churn out a complete sweater in 2 weeks. In the spirit of the Yarn Harlot, here is one of the sleeves at a Radiohead concert last week:
And at Canada’s Wonderland a couple days later:
And just one day shy of the closing ceremonies, I ended up with this:
(Note: when doing FO photo shoots in parks, friendly dogs that are enjoying their leash-less freedom like to participate)
Pattern: Gathered Pullover
Needles: 4.5 mm circular and dpns
Yarn: Knitpicks Telemark in cilantro heather.
Mods: about 4 inches of extra length, and waist shaping. I decreased about 6 stitches on each side for the waist shaping. And in my zeal to race through this project, I accidentally made one sleeve about 1″ longer than the other, so I had to undo my cast on cuff and rip it back slightly. In order to preserve the rolling cuff look, I needed a bind off that would mimic my cast on. Enter Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Sewn Bind Off. It turned out perfectly, and was ridiculously easy. Magic, I tell you!
Also, when I wet blocked it, I added glycerin to the water to prevent felting. So when I ran it through an industrial dryer in the local laundromat in a fit of impatience- it still didn’t felt. I’ll definitely be using that handy little trick again in the future- I love wool!
Notes: According to Ravelry, there are 507 Gathered Pullover projects either completed or on the go, and it’s in over 2000 queues. That’s one popular sweater. And I completely understand why- I love it. It’s infinitely wearable, comfy, and classic. This isn’t a sweater that will be out of style next season, or any season. And hey, green is my favourite colour. Cheers to that!
Woohoo! I finished the Sweater Sprint for Team Knit Girl!
