Michelle / The Giddy Stitcher

Missed reporting in on Wednesday this week but I have made good progress!

The bottom half was knitted in the round, then the top front and back are done separately knitted flat. So here I've just finished the front, which makes it look like a believable top, but the stockinette back currently only goes halfway up.

Absolutely in love with the speckles, as is my grandma who saw me working on it last week. So I might need to make her something from the same yarn and my feed might be 90% speckles for a long while yet...

#Knitting #RefractedSweater

Feb 27 at 3:48pmWeb
Show threadRegine HorteurFeb 27
@thegiddystitcher That is a beautiful structure with those lines of stitches making that V shape. And the yarn is interesting too.
Show threadMichelle / The Giddy StitcherFeb 27
@nwreg I'm a sucker for a good v-shape, knew I needed this pattern as soon as I saw it 😄
Show threadRegine HorteurFeb 27
@thegiddystitcher Very sweet indeed.
If ok to ask, where is this pattern from?
Aspirational question: I have yarn a bit like that and I’m tempted. Never mind I have a whole cardigan I finished knitting 3 years ago and have not assembled yet.🤣
Show threadMichelle / The Giddy StitcherFeb 27

@nwreg Haha, I won't judge 😄

The pattern is Refracted Sweater by Ethan Pyle, Ravelry link here https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/refracted-sweater and I know there is an off-Rav shop somewhere but I didn't bookmark it, a quick search should turn that up

Refracted Sweater pattern by Ethan Pyle

The idea for the Refracted Sweater was born when I was playing around with slipped stitches near the beginning of the great COVID quarantine of 2020. I wanted something that would be simple to knit but striking in appearance with the elevated details that I so love to add when knitting garments. I knit the prototype that spring. It was a lovely garment that fit my wife well, but there were still a couple things that needed tweaking. I spent quite some time searching for the perfect yarns that would match the vision I had in my head and finally hit upon the perfect combo. Sarah from Traveling Yarn and Tayler of Fiber for the People were a joy to collaborate with for the long sleeved version, and over 6 months after the initial sweater I started work on the final version. This has been a long process, but I wanted my first sweater design to be as good as it could be. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous to release this pattern out into the world, since I know I still have a lot to learn about garment design, but I hope y’all will love it all the same.

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Show threadRegine HorteurFeb 27
@thegiddystitcher Wonderful. Thank you and have fun with this project yourself. It’s stunning,
Show threadDianeFeb 27
@thegiddystitcher That does look neat
Show threadeccentricgeezerFeb 27
@thegiddystitcher That yarn is beautiful. The random black bits on the even diagonals is a lovely contrast. I want to put a black matt satin jacket over it.
Show threadMichelle / The Giddy StitcherFeb 27
@eccentricgeezer If all goes well I will, in fact, be wearing a black jacket over it much of the time 😄
Show threadSarah E BourneFeb 27
@thegiddystitcher As someone prone to spills, I'm a big fan of speckles.
Show threadMichelle / The Giddy StitcherFeb 28
@sbourne Yesss, I loved our old kitchen worktop for exactly that reason 😄