I'm completely obsessed with wearing this cozy sweater!! It is called the Creekside Pullover and I found it on Ravelry while poking around looking for a turtleneck sweater to knit. And not only is the finished product awesome, the knitting of it was fantastic. It's an easy construction, but the little details of lace in the raglan, down the side and on the cuffs and collar are just those sweet little hints of whimsy on an otherwise plain knit.
The pattern is perfectly worded. I did panic a bit when I cast on the neckline and it seemed WAYYY too huge for me. So I knit until I was about ready to divide for sleeves (it just happened to be when I ran out of the first ball of yarn) and I picked up the neckline and knit the turtleneck part JUST to make sure it would fit like I was hoping. I finished the neck then went back to the body. I should have done the sleeves before the rest of the body. I RARELY make a sweater that is super long with long sleeves...so my internal yardage calculator (my gut) was a little off in how much yarn I needed. Had I finished the sleeves THEN finished the body, I wouldn't have played a nail biting game of yarn chicken (WHICH I WON!!!!!!) I was willing to rip out a few rows of my sweater body if needed!
I used ALLLLLLLL 700g of yarn that I estimated for the sweater. I knit the 50" bust and planned for a few inches of positive ease (I wanted a relaxed kinda feel!). The yarn I used was Yarn Citizen Harmony. I'm over the moon about this yarn and look forward to making another sweater with it. The company is fantastic, the colorways are my jam and the yarn is SOOO perfect for sweaters! Not too light but not too heavy...it's like the Goldielocks of yarn! ;)
While gauge swatching for this sweater, I did a little experiment. Wondering how much my gauge swatch would change if I stopped at different points. I'll include that little Ted Talk below...it is wordy...but exciting if you are a knitting nerd like me (some of you may read it and just hear the teacher from the Peanuts...and that is perfectly fine!!)
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