humulus

Friday, March 16, 2018

Love Love Love this sweater.  The process.  The finished product.  All of it.  I love that I realized that German Short Rows are definitely the short row choice here.

And I'm not gonna lie.  I shrunk it a little (by accident) while blocking.  You see, I always block using the washing machine.  I put the machine on the hand wash cycle.  And then I put it on the spin cycle to get all of the water out of the fibers.   And I'm not sure what exactly was happening with my machine, but it spun it and spun it and spun it and in the process it shrunk it a bit.  It was a bit bigger and boxier before the blocking.  Now, not so much.  However, I like the fit.  I'll keep it like this for a while.  Maybe trying to block it out a little bigger in the future.

Pattern:  Humulus
Yarn:  Quince and Co Lark
Needles: US 5 and US 6
Size:  M1

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13 comments

  1. Suzanne3/17/2018

    It looks so good on you! I bookmarked the video for the future. Thanks for the tip.

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  2. gigi knits3/17/2018

    Beautiful sweater . Going to try the German short row .

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    1. a friend to knit with3/20/2018

      thank you gigi! you are going to see a huge difference in how the german short rows look! xx

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  3. Debbi3/17/2018

    Love the pattern. Love german short rows. Love your take on it and the not quite so boxy fit!

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  4. Celestial3/19/2018

    This project is definitely in my future so thank you on the German Short Row tip. I've always loved the gray and navy color combo for this sweater. I was actually trying to decide the other night what I should do. Think your pic pushed me to either gray and navy or gray and black. Thanks! And despite shrinking a bit this sweater still looks great on you.

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    1. a friend to knit with3/20/2018

      oh celestial. i love both of those combos, too! navy would be beautiful, too! xx

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  5. house on hill road3/20/2018

    It's beautiful! Would have never known it wasn't the size you intended. xo.

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  6. happy@home3/21/2018

    It looks adorable on you! I love the design details. I have taken about a year long hiatus from knitting and seeing this makes me anxious to jump back in!

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