Sunday, November 2, 2008

Ingenue is finished!



The pattern is Ingenue from Custom Knits by Wendy Bernard. The yarn is Fibranatura Mermaid. My main customization is with the sleeve width. I cast on for the smallest size at 116 stitches, but divided them up into 20 stitches per sleeve and 38 for the front and back. This changes the sleeve to body size ratio and I end up with narrower sleeves. I find that loose upper sleeves on a pullover can make my upper body look saggy. Sagginess is not a good thing. I did 18 rounds of increases, but increased only on the body for the last round. The sleeves are tapered and not flared. My sweater is also a little longer -- I did 5 rounds each of decreases and increases and spread them out a little more. I'm thinking this will be a very wearable sweater.

3 comments:

Robin said...

Ingenue turned out very nicely and looks like it is a great color for you.

Dawn said...

Looks great!!! Very flattering. I like the mods that you made.

Knittymuggins said...

Beautiful!! I absolutely love your version :)

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