I was recently asked to design, draft, and knit two sweaters for a friend’s daughter’s wedding. Taking this as an opportunity to stretch my designing skills (and write something that wasn’t a book review), I gladly agreed. The basic premise is a wrap sweater that ties in the back so the fit is adjustable.
I started out by actually making a swatch, for once. If I am knitting a project for myself, I usually just phone it in and go but I’m on a bit of a time crunch for this one so wanted to get it correct from the beginning. My idea is to cast on the bottom edge of the sweater first, which is definitely the most wide part.
By the way, I am learning how to dictate text to my laptop. I’m doing my best to speak clearly but if this thing makes a funny mistake I’m going to keep it. In the interest of full disclosure. It will be good practice for my future as a news reader. Yeah, right. Got to get some joy out of a surprise new laptop.
Anyway, with the gauge of four stitches to an inch I got with my swatch, I ended up casting on 504 stitches. My plan is to knit a few rows in garter stitch so the edge doesn’t roll. There is going to be a vertical panel of ribbing up the edge of the cardigan and then joining at the neck.
I intend to be finished with both sweaters by hopefully the first week of September. Wish me luck. I will trying not to bore you all too much.
You know what I find to be the funniest thing about this? Apparently for the life of me I can not enunciate the word may properly. Next. Makes. Makes. Noll, and not makes. Makes! K-N-I-T. Let’s see if Microsoft likes the word crochet.
Yes, it does. What the heck.
That’s just blatantly unfair. It will learn.