Friday, February 3, 2012

20. knit an adult-sized sweater or cardigan (31x31)

Also, I registered with ravelry! http://www.ravelry.com/people/banannas. I fell behind with noting my stash though, so when I go to post about 1. knit all the things, I'll update it then.

I started with a picture of a unicorn silhouette, found in a google search.
http://reddead.wikia.com/wiki/File:Silhouette_unicorn.jpg

Then I used a (life-saving) website, http://www.microrevolt.org/knitPro/ to make the picture into a knitting pattern:


Half-way through the project, I decided to add a little flare to the sleeve, so I drew this pattern on top of the unicorn pattern so the scale would be correct.


I used 3 single pound skeins of Lion's Brand Fisherman's Wool for this project. The pattern "Piers" by Martin Storey in the Rowan Vintage Knits book. I followed some parts of the pattern, but apparently you really should follow ALL the parts of the pattern. I used different sized needles and did not use the same weight yarn, so my shoulders are GINORMOUS, and the collar chokes me.

With the front and back plackets sewn together on one side, with one sleeve attached.




All the seams sewn, no collar yet.


Final product!




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