Now that I have a successful sweater project under my belt, I decided I felt confident enough to do it again. This time I’m using a sweater recipe as a sort of guide (I’m heavily modifying it, of course) and doing a simple stitch that adds some oomph to an otherwise plain garment.
Math is involved too, but that didn’t scare me either. My trusty calculator can handle anything. I made a gauge swatch this time, just to be sure – something I hardly ever do. This one is not for me, so I can’t try it on as I go, yet it has to fit.
I’m going out on a limb. It’s scary and fun and exciting.
And this is what it looks like so far.
The fabric is a middle weight in warmth and I’m knitting from the bottom up. One of the knit girls says that pattern looks like wheat (maybe upside down?). There are two vertical stripes of this pattern, one on each side, centered on the shoulders.
What do you think?