I know you all are on the edge of your seats, waiting to hear what I’ve picked as my next sweater. But, you’ll have to wait just a little longer (or scroll down). With four possibilities left after yesterday’s culling, my decision was suddenly easy. I decided against Bianca’s Jacket and Fair Enough just because. Something about the yoke sweater doesn’t scream “make me” right now.
I’ll be honest, I was going to make Shalom. Something about the texture and the swingy-ness pulled me in. Plus it didn’t feature miles and miles of stockinette. A fun, simple knit with some interest guarenteed I’d actually finish it. There was just one problem, gauge.
The Shalom pattern calls for 13 stitches in 4″ and at that gauge, the fabric made by my worsted weight (vs bulky) yarn have far too much drape. The gauge with the best drape was at 18 stitches per inch. That’d be fine except for one thing: the pattern only comes in one size. No ability to make a larger size to account for the gauge difference. With some work, I could scale the pattern up but I didn’t want to mess with it. I’m looking for something not requiring too much brain power right now. I can guarantee that it will be the next sweater I make after this one but that won’t happen until at least July.
So, that leaves only one pattern: the Cabaret Raglan. I’m going to make it in the round, starting at the bottom, then switch to following the original directions when the raglan shaping starts. This eliminates some seaming but doesn’t require me to figure out how to convert the rest of the instructions to the round. The sleeves will likely turn out shorter because I have far less yarn but it should look pretty cute with short sleeves.
Next update will actually have photos; I’m only an inch into the stockinette but it goes super fast while I watch crappy TV (like Star Trek: The Next Generation last night). ‘Til then..
