no. 191

| pearl jam |

Started: 20 January 2020

Finished: 23 May 2020

Design: No Frills Sweater by PetiteKnit

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Yarn: Malabrigo Sock in Pearl x 3 together with Rowan Kidsilk Haze in pearl x 3

Needles: 4mm

status: in use

The hugely popular No Frills Sweater is a joy to knit and I really like this finished project. I wear it quite a bit in the winter, it is extra warm because of the mohair and actually not that itchy. The only thing that puts me off it slightly is that I don’t think the colour suits me all that well.

Also how cool that all the yarn used for this project was called Pearl!

I did make a mistake with the raglan increases, the instructions are on the light side and I should have paid a bit more attention.

I also found alternating skeins a bit of a faff and was making a right pigs ear of the join until somebody told me about helix knitting (or helical knitting) after which I found it a lot easier.

Would happily make another but I think I would use commercial yarn so I wouldn’t have to alternate skeins (I am very lazy) and probably wouldn’t use mohair either.

Notes from ravelry…

22-01-2020

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Frogged already, messed up the raglan stitches and ended up with like 12 stitches on one arm and a million stitches at the front...I am hopeless. Pattern is light on instruction though eh?

22-04-2020

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cast off the body section this morning....blimey, only three months later!

24.05.2020

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Finished it last night.....hurrah!!!