May 12, 2006

Olympic Project Finished (at last)

Pattern: Generic Seamless Raglan Sweater from Knitting Without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmerman
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-ease, colors Dark Rose Heather, 4 balls and Dark Grey, less than 1 ball.
Needles: Addi Turbo US 8 24", US 7 12 " and Susan Bates US 7 DPN.
Cast On: February 11
Cast Off: April 4
Mods: All the pattern is a sort of recipe and not a proper pattern so no mods here, everything is custom.
Comments:I started this as my olympic project, but my career as an athlete was frustrated. After I got better I didn't feel like finishing it, but now is done just in time for the summer. Anyway, the sweater turned a bit big, but that's ok, I kind of like it actually. 

The construction was easy,  first you start the body from bottom up in the round and make the sleeves separately also in the round , when you get to the armhole shaping, the sleeves are attached to the body and you continue knitting in the round making decreases for the raglan shaping, pice of cake. A thing I didn' like about the raglan shaping is thai it's bulky, I'm going to try next the top down construction. 

The yarn was better then I expected a little tweedy looking, a bit harsh on the hands but nothing too critical and machine washable. As the sweater was in the round the R is done in duplicate stitch which was a pain, but looks nice enough and was easier than stranding all my way around. I haven't blocked the sweater yet can you tell?

I found a fellow Regia Knitter/blogger (well she found me actually), Myrth from Dejame terminar esta fila. I now know I'm not alone in the world.

Also I finally decided what I'm going to do with the cream cashmere that I got in Chicago:

Trellis scarf form the Spring 2006 Interweave Knits nice huh?

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