I finished the Mushroom sweater on October 22, 2009. I don’t know why I haven’t blogged about it sooner.
It fits like a dream. I swear.
I used less than four balls of Malabrigo and added about 3 inches of length. I normally have to do this because most patterns don’t seem to be long enough for me. I also added a few inches of length to the sleeves.
I also added in some waist and hip shaping as the original pattern doesn’t seem to have any shaping. I am just too curvy not to add in at least a little shaping.
I knit both sleeves at the same time on one long circular needle. I picked up this handy trick while at Sock Summit this year ( I took a two socks on one circ class from Melissa Morgan Oakes) and while I will admit that I still prefer to knit my socks on dpns, the technique was especially handy for ensuring that the sleeves were identical. I sometimes find that my sleeves end up to be two different lengths or that the decreases don’t happen at the same spot. Rest assured, these sleeves are completely identical.
Finally, I added cabled ribbing to the sleeves and the bottom of the sweater.
Next up? Silken Scabbard. Stay tuned.
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The Mushroom Sweater is absolutely gorgeous! I love how it turned out. I’m going to have to go look that one up on Ravelry now.