My Wicked sweater is starting to take shape. On Saturday I finished the neckline. I decided to do 2" ribbing instead of the stitch the pattern called for. I adore ribbing so I think it's going to look great. I still can't believe I'm knitting my very first sweater! If you would've asked me a year ago if wanted to knit a garment my answer would've been no! I really have to say that it's the inspiration of other knitters.
Sunday was extremely cold. The temperature did not hit 1 degree! It was too cold to really do anything outside. Also way too cold and windy to go anywhere. I had the perfect afternoon to get down to some serious knitting. By last night I did 7 repeats of rows a & b. I timed myself and could finish the repeat in 30 minutes. This is the neckline and the start of the body of the sweater.
Here is a different view of the sleeve increases. I love the fact that you knit this sweater from the top down with almost no seaming! Pretty cool! I feel like I'm on a knitting marathon!
5 comments:
Looking good! With the weather you're having, you will probably finish it in time to wear it this season.
That looks great! I've done one top down sweater, and I agree, it's wonderful. I now look around wondering what else I can find that way, it was just such a joy to knit, and the lack of seaming didn't hurt either :-)
How exciting! Your first sweater! I haven't made one yet, but I'm aspiring to. This is vicarious knitting for me! I'm staying tuned...
Beautiful color!! I admire your courage to jump into such a wonderful and (to me) daunting first project. This is going to be a beautiful sweater and I can't wait to see it when you are finished. The color will look great on you and I think it is a great color to go with jeans.........among many other things. :-)
It's looking great so far! And a top down, minimal seams sweater is always a winner.
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