I’ve been working on what seemed like a simple sweater for the last month. It got ripped back a couple of times. A month is a long time for me to be working on a single project. So I was pretty over it by the time it finally came off my needles on Sunday.
The sweater (currently unnamed) is a top-down seamless cardigan, with a clean and striking welt pattern on the right front. I wanted to design a sweater that would be easily wearable all the time. The kind of sweater you toss on when you’re chilly, and throw in your bag just in case.
The color is hard to capture without a properly lit photo shoot. It’s a very dark, earthy, multi-hued green. The color is Thyme from Baah Yarns.
If you’ve ever doubted the magic of blocking, let this be a visual lesson to you. This is the same sweater before and after blocking. It’s a fingering weight superwash wool knit on US 3 needles, so it’s not SUPER open and drapey, but look at the amazing difference! It’s at least 9″ longer after blocking, and the way the shoulders and neck fit in the after is pretty drastic.
This is why my first question when people are having gauge issues is “Did you wash and block your gauge swatch?” Imagine if I had swatched and NOT washed and blocked it. It would have turned out a hot mess.
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