remember the lace leaf pullover i began three years ago and frogged earlier this year? well, i frogged it again.
this time, it's going somewhere not too distant from the lace leaf pullover design, but modified to play nice with my oft-unraveled new zealand wool: knit in the round, seamless, short sleeved... essentially a sweater dress version.
almost finished with the sleeve increases.
when i began it, i thought i would knit the body of the sweater with increases along the side for an A-line shape. but, after i finished the sleeves, i thought perhaps increasing with dart-lines (or princess seams similar to this baby dress) would be a better idea; so i went with that:
here, you can see the first couple of darts... and the puffed sleeves!
it looks great from the front, but quite poofy from the back... and, since i am increasing 8 stitches every increase row (instead of 4 stitches for A-line shaping), it will only get poofier and more bell-shaped. also, i'm concerned that i won't have enough yarn for so many increases or for a sweater dress length. i need to decide if i want to continue on with this design or unravel a few rows down and knit the A-line shaping instead... what do you think?
happy friday!
p.s. i'll try not to begin all my next posts with "remember <this project that's been on the shelf for ages>?"
Comments (1)
Hmm...I vote for a-line. It's looking extremely cute so far (LOVE those sleeves!), but you don't want it to be too poofy. I also think the idea of a sweater dress is very, very cool and you want to be sure to have enough yarn!
Posted by Hilary | July 25, 2009 10:02 AM
Posted on July 25, 2009 10:02