A man's sweater
Last December was dedicated to pressure cooking, without any guilt or shame, and before that there were many posts about my garden. I cannot remember my last post on knitting, so I wanted to start the year going back to what is supposed to be the main subject of this blog. I know I have not yet worked the sleeves of that cardigan and it has been over a year. I know, it is unbelievable I can be so disorganized. But I have just started a saddled-shoulder v-neck sweater for the big man in my life and I wanted to share the pattern I am following.
A warning: the instructions I am providing are quite sketchy, so you may have problems following them if you have never knitted a similar pattern before.
I am knitting from a pretty standard recipe for a sweater knitted seamlessly and top-down. The collar rib will be knitted at the end from picked-up stitches.
I am using Malabrigo Mecha (colourway: Paris Night) and 7 mm needles and I have a gauge of 12st/10cm in stst (stockinette stitch). His chest measurement is 110cm (with some positive ease).
Start knitting the saddles (two identical rectangles):
Using knitted cast-on, CO 14 st. Knit in stst with garter selvage for easy picking, for 24 rows:
A warning: the instructions I am providing are quite sketchy, so you may have problems following them if you have never knitted a similar pattern before.
I am knitting from a pretty standard recipe for a sweater knitted seamlessly and top-down. The collar rib will be knitted at the end from picked-up stitches.
I am using Malabrigo Mecha (colourway: Paris Night) and 7 mm needles and I have a gauge of 12st/10cm in stst (stockinette stitch). His chest measurement is 110cm (with some positive ease).
Start knitting the saddles (two identical rectangles):
Using knitted cast-on, CO 14 st. Knit in stst with garter selvage for easy picking, for 24 rows:
- odd rows: knit straight;
- even rows: k1, p12, k1;
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