After 2+ decades of knitting, I am finally going to knit a sweater. A cropped sweater. More of a shrug, really. Mostly sleeves and a neckline.
And though I understand (and, in my youth, have discussed at length with expert knitters) the percentage system for top-down raglans, I am going to save my ADHD / perimenopause / "what day is it,? 2020?" brain from mathing: Hello, Kniterator, I am in you.
And because I am still me, you know I made educated guesses at measurements and phoned in my gauge by basing off a past project with similar yarn -- why yes, I who say to always swatch have not even swatched! What fun is it if there's not the chance it will all go horribly wrong?!?
(To be fair, I want something big and comfy and if all my estimations are incorrect, they should at least be on the side of too large rather than too small.)
Wheee!
Yarn is Lion Brand Wool-Ease, because I needed something tolerable and cheap.
Needle is a US 9 (5.5mm?)
Pattern was set out row/round by row/round, with tickyboxes, huzzah! None of that "remember to increase extra every 10th row" stuff. Thank you, Kniterator.
And again, because I am me, I did take the entire pattern and redo the layout in InDesign before exporting it to a PDF and making the tickyboxes tickyable. And then printed all 12 pages of it.
AM I PROCRASTINATING STARTING?
Yes. Yes I am. Because this could all go horribly wrong. XD
Oh, yeah, did I mention I really want to wear it next Saturday?
NO PRESSURE, ZABET! lol
Cast on and set up row achieved!
Now I'm just going to watch a quick video on a M1R and M1L to make sure that I am remembering how to do them correctly, and then all I have to do is work through the remaining 11 pages of checklist!
I will have to buy a pair of US 8 circular needles later this week so that I can do the ribbing properly. Or maybe I'll be really cheeky and use the pair of 7s that I already have. Toight ribs, noice!
I have already fucked this up. 😂
I am on Row 10, which is still part of the back-and-forth that is the back of the neck, and I'm a full 10 sts short across the back sts despite having counted my cast-on twice and getting correct counts when placing markers in the setup row.
Great job, Zabet. Maybe this is why you don't knit sweaters.
I can't increase that much to fudge it over the next inc row, so I think I'm going to just have to frog it and start over. 🤬
Mme Zabet
Maru