Sweater Project #6 - 25 March 2025

Back in February I wrote a knitting update post about the sweater I’ve been making.

After a lot of unravelling, knitting and re-knitting the sleeves and cuffs, they’re much more comfortable now as they’re wider and longer. I think what happened was that I decreased too quickly from about 5cm after the armhole. What I decided to do was to only decrease as a approached the cuff. The cuff itself now has 46 stitches and it’s okay in width like that. I’m hoping to make better notes about the final number of stitches so I can replicate this garment in future rather than always have a ‘trial and error approach’ - of course what doesn't help is the different yarn thickness. I initially followed a cardigan pattern to get the starting number of stitches for the raglan. Because the pattern was for a cardigan I had to adjust and stopped reading the pattern early on (perhaps I shouldn’t have).

You may be able to see the slight colour difference in the cuffs. As I ran out of the original colour I used the yarn in my Plan B. It shows but it's not too noticeable.

Below I’ve included the photo before I unravelled so you can see the difference in the sleeves :

I also had to add a piece to the side of the jumper to make it about 12 cm wider. In future sweaters and cardigans I will need to remember to add more ease as well.

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I've been wanting to start a new project for a while but I’m happy to have finished the jumper properly now so I can move on. I had actually started a portable project, ie a pair of socks, for when I need to wait either in the car or somewhere where I can knit without being seen. I’m happy now to resume that sock project. It’s got 64 stitches and I’m using some of that cheap Lidl’s self patterning/striping yarn.

This is going smoothly : I know what the shape should look like and I also know that very soon I’ll be starting on the toe section. I really like the fast results you can get when knitting socks !

Thank you for reading this far !