My current “this makes me happy” project is a long sleeved shortie sweater I can wear over my day-wear in the morning when it’s too cool to go without sleeves. I like shorties for a couple of reasons . . .
- They knit up quickly
- They’re a wonderful canvas for whatever idea is currently tickling my mind
- They’re perfect stash busters
- They’re perfect for using up bits of yarn, mismatched yarn, yarn from different manufacturers
This latest shortie is currently on hold. I ran out of yarn 5″ from completion of the last sleeve. Yup, total fail at yarn chicken. I’m taking the gamble and have ordered another ball of the necessary color despite something close to a zero chance for a dye lot match. If it’s close and will blend in using Helix I’ll frog back 3″ of the WIP sleeve and helix the rest. If the dye lot is too far off I’ll replicate the existing body hem in miniature making the sweater just that bit more couture.
A quick note about the accent yarn. I got this linen blend yarn off ebay about a decade ago. I love the colors but had a problem figuring out what to do with it. It wasn’t really sport and it wasn’t quite DK. However much I love Bamboo Pop, when it took a $3 jump in price I totally balked at restocking it. I switched to Hobbii’s Rainbow Bamboo (on sale), a comparable weight and composition for fewer dollars and much more reasonable (and faster) shipping. One of the colors that enchanted me was Deep Teal. It just so happens it’s a perfect match for the teal in the variegated linen blend. Score!
Do you have a pattern for this shorties, I love it
I don’t. In 2005 I started developing a shoulder that was a combination of raglan and contiguous which lead to the development of contiguous saddle which led to contiguous saddle (back)/fading saddle (front). That’s what the base sweater is, that shoulder plus vneck front and lower than normal back neck to accommodate neck issues. In developing the shoulder I wrote a php/mysql program to provide numbers based on gauge and body measurements. I haven’t finished the program. I should so everyone could use it but I’d rather knit so it keeps getting pushed back.
If you don’t mind hand calculating the numbers, the instructions for getting the numbers and knitting the start of the sweater for one of the earlier version is on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTyAaJtGqV0&list=PLZ3HVlX2uI546TBz-y5_wydMAfwAXM-4n