January sweater

Posted on | January 5, 2009 | 16 Comments

Friday night I swatched.

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I worried for awhile that the cables weren’t popping like they should, so I cast on for one of the fronts  in the smallest size – just to swatch the cables there – and knit two cable repeats.  I liked the way they looked, so I knit on.

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This morning I am at the sleeve cap of Sleeve Number Two.  Yes, I have figured out a way to thwart my old affliction – Second Sleeve Syndrome.  I simply knit the sleeves first!  At the beginning of a sweater, my momentum is strong and before I know it, the sleeves are finished and I can move on to the body.  This is the second sweater I’ve knit this way and so far, so good.  The only problem with this method is that stalling occurs when it comes to finishing – the sweater in my post last week lacks one sleeve to be sewn in and the neckband knit and I haven’t touched it yet this year. 

I’ll get around to it.  As soon as I finish this sleeve. 

Details raveled.

Category: January, NaKniSweMoDo

Comments

16 Responses to “January sweater”

  1. Carole
    January 5th, 2009 @ 1:24 pm

    You’re on a roll! I plan on knitting this sweater for Hannah really soon.

  2. Lynn in Tucson
    January 5th, 2009 @ 1:34 pm

    I love that color. Can’t wear it for beans, but I love it.

  3. Sandy
    January 5th, 2009 @ 1:50 pm

    It’s okay that you haven’t touched the sweater yet this YEAR. It’s only 5 days old! I love the color of this one. Ooooh.

  4. Tina M.
    January 5th, 2009 @ 1:56 pm

    Oooh, purty pictures! You’re quite the product photograher, you know? The yarn looks lovely and the definition is gorgeous. Good luck! :)

  5. Carrie
    January 5th, 2009 @ 3:59 pm

    Lovely! Knitting the sleeves first is a good idea – they seem so tedious since (in the bottom up construction) they’re the only pieces that get wider as you go.

  6. crazy for yarn in alabama
    January 5th, 2009 @ 4:35 pm

    LOVE the knitting…and how smart to knit the sleeves first!!!! Looking forward to watching your progress!!!

  7. Laurie
    January 5th, 2009 @ 6:04 pm

    NICE. I totally subscribe to the idea of sleeve swatching. I do one sleeve, back, front, other sleeve.

  8. Cheryl S.
    January 5th, 2009 @ 11:43 pm

    That looks great! Sleeves make great swatches.

  9. margene
    January 6th, 2009 @ 6:43 am

    Cassidy is so beautiful and I think it might be one on my list this year. Love the color!

  10. cyndy
    January 6th, 2009 @ 7:23 am

    Your sweaters come together with amazing speed! Hard to imagine that you experience “stalling” at any stage! Lovely cables!

  11. Becky
    January 6th, 2009 @ 11:19 am

    It’s lovely so far. I’m even more encouraged to start that cardi!

  12. Kai
    January 6th, 2009 @ 12:24 pm

    Ohhh… it looks very yummy indeed. Off to check the details, but I can see this jumping into mys queue! I’m liking the knit sleeves first idea as well..

  13. Donna
    January 7th, 2009 @ 8:29 am

    That’s beautiful.

  14. Jeanne
    January 7th, 2009 @ 6:44 pm

    Its beautiful – I love the color and the cables are just gorgeous! Great idea doing the sleeves first too…

  15. Emily
    January 11th, 2009 @ 1:49 pm

    Brilliant! And gorgeous – now I want to make cables!

  16. Erica
    January 11th, 2009 @ 3:34 pm

    Those sleeves are gorgeous. I love the color, and the cables are just right; subtle, but definitely there. I knit both sleeves first, too. It makes it so much easier to finish the sweater when you don’t have sleeves to knit at the end!