Lucille Pullover (2017)
Yarn: MacAusland Woolen Mills 2-ply (medium)
Pattern: Lucille by Jennifer Wood
Completed: October 29, 2017.
The yarn is a good sturdy yarn, which softens and blooms on soaking. I wanted a cable sweater; I thought initially of a cardigan/jacket, and started the “Plaits & Links” cardigan. However, it turned out I didn’t have anything like gauge (which I determined after I’d finished the back piece — one of the pictures is the back piece against a sweater that actually fits, to show how far off it was).
Finally, I settled on the “Lucille” pullover, and it worked well, on 4mm needles. I knit the 37″ size, and after finishing and soaking it was:
- 16.5” from pickup of shoulder stitches to cuff (i.e., underarm of sleeve)
- 19.5” wide at the body hem, 18.5” wide at the narrowest
- 21.5” long.
That means it’s a bit bigger than the pattern in width (but still closest to the size I was knitting than any other), and just an ooch shorter. Pretty close, IMO.
Front flat
Front view
Front view
Front view
Back view
Back view
Back view
Rear view
Close up of sleeve cable
Close up of sleeve cable
Rear view
Front cable detail
Back cable detail
Flat back
Flat front
First sweater attempt -- clearly not on gauge -- the back piece was nowhere near of a size that would fit me (pink sweater, which does fit me, for scale)
MacAusland Woolen Mill's 2-ply (Medium, I think)
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