In Which the Pirate Works on a Sweater.

With Michael’s assistance in wielding the measuring tape, not to mention with the gauge math, I was able to convince Designaknit to provide something resembling a pullover pattern. I don’t really understand a lot of the UI choices in DAK, but I’m trying to ignore that and move on to just making garments. So! I began with a sleeve…

And then I knit the other sleeve, the back, and the front. Except the directions were really unclear (and I’m new) so the neck opening came out totally off centre. I ripped back to the colour change, rehung the stitches, and reknit the neck properly on my second try.

I’ve never made a sweater before, so I’ve never done any real seaming. Last night I watched some videos about how to set in sleeves and then did my best. I got as far as seaming the shoulders together and then seaming up and around the sleeve caps before calling it a night.

The rest of the seaming – up the sides and down the sleeves – should be relatively simple. Then I have to pick up stitches for the neckband and knit a few rounds of ribbing, which I plan to do by hand. Washing and blocking will soften up the wool, and probably smooth out some of my seaming inexperience as well.