- Pattern: by Elinor Brown from Twist Collective Fall 2010
- Yarn: Tahki Tara Tweed (wool/nylon), #2 “fog”, ~870 yds
- Size/Needles/Gauge: 35.5″ bust for minimal positive ease, 4.5 spi on US 7’s
- Time to knit: 4 weeks in Oct/Nov 2010, among other projects
A modern and feminine interpretation of the traditional fisherman sweater, this project was fun to knit and I’m happy with the FO, it should have high wearability, given the neutral color. And it is warm, though perhaps not suitable as outerwear in 8° F windchill. If I look strange in the photos, the weather is the reason!
The pattern is fine. The side shaping looked a bit wonky to my eyes, probably because it happens in an asymmetric way. So, I switched things up and the sides of my sweater are basically stockinette. Though I got stitch gauge in my swatch, the sweater was working up tiny so I did about an inch of short row shaping on each side of the front, before separating for the armholes. My row gauge was compressed so I knit more rows, all over the sweater, to compensate. I made the sleeves longer as 17″ doesn’t cut it for me, and went up a needle size to bind off the front bands, since I didn’t want the ribbing to contract there. I used a bit more yarn than pattern requirements, which may be due to my mods and row gauge issues, but I’d say buy an extra ball to be on the safe side.
The yarn piqued my interest when I learned of it in the Webs fall catalog, as a reasonably priced wool blend tweed, with a lovely color palette, good yardage, and versatile gauge. I had the opportunity to feel the yarn at Webs, and was impressed by the softness. The fiber composition is 80% wool and 20% nylon, and the feel is predominantly wool-y. The color is a lovely medium-light grey and the tweed aspect is tonal and subtle, which I appreciate.
This sweater languished a long time in the finishing stage because I was frustrated with the gaping buttonband. Finally I sewed some snaps in between the buttons on the top half, and voila, success!
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