My first steeks, a picture story
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zinnizA while back, I found Eunny Jang's journal and fell in love with her argyle knee socks. I'm making some very similar to hers right now, but that's not what this post is about. She also has a pattern for sale, for a fitted V-neck argyle sweater-vest.
Those of you who know me well will know I have a bit of a fondness for sweater vests. Therefore I knew I needed to make it. I purchased the pattern immediately, then went on a search for the yarn for it.
I was looking for a dk weight, and had my heart set on some Dale of Norway Heilo. However, I couldn't find any at Meyers House in the colors I wanted. I was pointed toward the Reynolds Lite Lopi by the yarn assistant there. The colors were gorgeous, but the wool was quite scratchy. I finally decided to go for it since it's a vest and wouldn't ever be worn against bare skin. I picked out yellow and green.
Later, I realized the lopi is actually a light worsted weight yarn and not a DK weight yarn. It ended up working out OK for me though, with a few pattern adjustments and small needles.
I got started on the knitting. It mostly went by pretty fast. Once I finished the knitting, I prepared to do the steeks. As you can see from this first picture, my tension wasn't perfect and there are some bubbles. Oh well, blocking should fix that:
I carefully considered Eunny's pattern instructions where it said to crochet around the steeks to reinforce them. It sure seems like a good idea, since I'll be cutting and all, but I didn't have the right sized crochet hook handy. And I was using sticky icelandic wool. And steeks can be done without reinforcing. I saw so online.
So I skipped that step and just cut.
That was my favorite part of making the whole sweater. Here's what it looks like after all the cuts are made. See how the facing is naturally curling inward? Lovely!
Next up were the arm-hole bands. This was kinda painful on my hands as I worked with the dpns. Not my favorite part.
All blocked and ready to wear! I didn't do as wide a neckband as the pattern said, but I still like it.
ETA: Here's a close-up picture of the steek facing
I ended up with 2.5 extra balls of yellow and 1 extra ball of green I think (need to doublecheck on that). Maybe a matching felted bag is in my future. Oh, also, I made the size 44 bust.
Those of you who know me well will know I have a bit of a fondness for sweater vests. Therefore I knew I needed to make it. I purchased the pattern immediately, then went on a search for the yarn for it.
I was looking for a dk weight, and had my heart set on some Dale of Norway Heilo. However, I couldn't find any at Meyers House in the colors I wanted. I was pointed toward the Reynolds Lite Lopi by the yarn assistant there. The colors were gorgeous, but the wool was quite scratchy. I finally decided to go for it since it's a vest and wouldn't ever be worn against bare skin. I picked out yellow and green.
Later, I realized the lopi is actually a light worsted weight yarn and not a DK weight yarn. It ended up working out OK for me though, with a few pattern adjustments and small needles.
I got started on the knitting. It mostly went by pretty fast. Once I finished the knitting, I prepared to do the steeks. As you can see from this first picture, my tension wasn't perfect and there are some bubbles. Oh well, blocking should fix that:
I carefully considered Eunny's pattern instructions where it said to crochet around the steeks to reinforce them. It sure seems like a good idea, since I'll be cutting and all, but I didn't have the right sized crochet hook handy. And I was using sticky icelandic wool. And steeks can be done without reinforcing. I saw so online.
So I skipped that step and just cut.
That was my favorite part of making the whole sweater. Here's what it looks like after all the cuts are made. See how the facing is naturally curling inward? Lovely!
Next up were the arm-hole bands. This was kinda painful on my hands as I worked with the dpns. Not my favorite part.
All blocked and ready to wear! I didn't do as wide a neckband as the pattern said, but I still like it.
ETA: Here's a close-up picture of the steek facing
I ended up with 2.5 extra balls of yellow and 1 extra ball of green I think (need to doublecheck on that). Maybe a matching felted bag is in my future. Oh, also, I made the size 44 bust.
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Date: 2006-04-18 11:56 pm (UTC)great vest!
Date: 2006-04-19 12:17 am (UTC)You did a fantastic job on this knit. It is totally gorgeous. I like the fact that you changed the neckline a little. I think it worked out well. =)
~Faith
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Re: great vest!
Date: 2006-04-19 12:23 am (UTC)Thanks!
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