I recently finished the
Appenzell dolman sleeved pullover. I'm not sure that I love the very deep dolman sleeves because they do cause quite a bit of extra fabric in the upper mid-section. I thought I'd give it try. The yarn is the discontinued
Cloudborn superwash worsted, so the price was very affordable. It was also a relatively fast knit. It's a very warm sweater and we still have some cooler days ahead so I've been wearing it a bit. I find the yarn is a tiny bit scratchy -- it's not a merino wool. Sometimes sweaters that I don't initially love turn out to be long-time favorites, so I'll have to see how it goes.
As for modifications, I decided to just do a ribbed neckline instead of making the large collar. I also raised the cable pattern a bit higher on the upper section. To making the knitting go faster, I just used reverse stockinette on the bottom section instead of the moss stitch. After all, if I wasn't sure I would love the final result, I didn't want to spend a lot of time making it. :)
