Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Almost done

The green sweater is getting extremely close to being done. I've finished both fronts and just have the back and collar left. I even made a choice on buttons and should be getting them in the mail soon. I'm not sure where to find buttons on the KnitPicks website without doing a search, but when you do a product search there are 8 pages of buttons! I found some cute Scottish Thistle buttons but couldn't justify twenty dollars for buttons when there were 8 pages of options. I ended up going with the moose buttons. I think they'll look really good with the sweater.


I'm hoping I can get this sweater finished in the next week or so. Once it's done I have plans to cast on for Anne's Cardigan. I really want to alter the pattern and knit it as a single piece to the arms like I did on the green sweater. This would mean I wouldn't have to mess with any seams, but I'm not sure how to alter knitting patterns. Do I just knit across the charts and act like they're all combined, or do knitwear designers add a stitch or two at the edges to leave room for seams? These are probably crazy questions considering the sweater I'm just about to finish, but I've never altered knit patterns. Quilt patterns I see as loose suggestions of what to do, but knitting feels like I'm doomed to fail if I go off pattern. I know this is ridiculous and lots of knitters alter patterns all the time, but it still is very scary to contemplate. 

6 comments:

  1. It will be rather simple if it is a cardigan. Rewrite the pattern, writing out each row for right front, back, left front. If it is a pullover it is more complicated, since you are always on the inside or outside of the sweater. We could meet for lunch in RV and talk it over.

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  2. Great sweater and I love the moose buttons!

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  3. Great looking sweater and good choice on the buttons! I had no idea knit picks sold buttons. Thanks for letting me know!

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  4. All patterns that are knit in pieces have a st at the edge for sewing the seam. Just look at your pattern and see if there is a st pattern along the edge. If there is only a St st ground it doesn't really matter. Eliminate it or not, 2 sts won't make much of a difference with a small gauge knit.

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  5. Gorgeous cabling, the moose buttons are cute!

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  6. I'm currently knitting a sweater in the round too that used to be a front and back piece and I would agree with Chrisknits

    "Just look at your pattern and see if there is a st pattern along the edge. If there is only a St st ground it doesn't really matter. Eliminate it or not, 2 sts won't make much of a difference with a small gauge knit."

    I think with what the pattern looks like, it doesn't matter if you have those two stitches or not. It is just a question of fit

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