You pick up stitches around the armhole, perhaps at a surprisingly low rate, but wrap-and-turn short rows used here will fill the spaces between stitches (and if you want to know why, please read this post about W&T short rows).Īnd here is the deep sea sweater on me, because this blue looks better against a white background than on a wood (kitchen) table. The sleeve cap, on the contrary, might be the most “exciting” part of the pattern. The lower body has no shaping, neither the sleeves for smaller sizes. So this top-down sweater is, except for some shaping, worked even in stockinette stitch. This is because I have broad, square shoulders and set-in sleeve sweaters fit me best.Īnd I opted as usual for … stockinette stitch! Some love very challenging lace or cables, or colorwork patterns, and I do like working these kinds of things sometimes, but what I love the most about knitting is its soothing side and stockinette stitch is perfect for evening knitting. You may have noticed that I like set-in sleeve garments. So I bought two mohair lace yarns and, despite my desire for a bright blue, I chose the left one because I found that it added depth to the whole tone.įrom left to right: Gepard Kid Seta Royal blue, fonty BB mérinos #0818 & Drops Kid-Silk Cobalt blue That said, this, altogether with the large color palette, makes it a nice base color to hold with mohair lace yarn! 400 meters (420 yards) for 50g is rather at the light end of fingering weight yarn and the standard gauge is 30 stitches to 10 cm (about 4″). The only drawback of this yarn is its thinness. It’s BB mérinos, 100% merino yarn, which should be the yarn for baby clothes at fonty (because BB read bei bei, totally like bébé, baby in French). I purchased a bright deep blue yarn, from fonty as usual. So a new blue sweater should have a cowl, not a turtle neck because it can be itchy, but not a too large cowl either which would get in my way to dishes (I had a thin sweater with a very large cowl and it was not practical to eat)! I also wanted a sweater with a cowl because having something around your neck immediately gives you feeling of warmth. Into the deep sea (woods) sweater was born from my craving for a blue sweater. That’s finally done on a less cloudy day and the pattern is available on my website and on Ravelry. The test knit was over a week ago but I couldn’t take nice pictures to show you both the Sea version and the Woods version of the sweater. I’m pleased and relieved to announce that into the deep sea (woods) pattern is live now, at last!
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