remember my tangled yoke jacket? it got some wear while i was in philadelphia, last year; but, sadly i didn’t wear it much in san francisco. the yarn is very warm, and the high collar just makes it too warm for any season in this city.
there's nothing more frustrating than to complete a project only to discover that you don't wear it often or, in this case, at all. i basically undid my mods so that the cardigan now follows the original pattern; hence, the reason i am calling this a "regression". it's still a very warm cardigan, but it now fits differently — much more comfortably. [ravelry]
a better fitting tangled yoke jacket.
pattern :: Tangled yoke cardigan, by Eunny Jang.
source :: Interweave Knits Fall 2007.
yarn :: Valley Yarns English Tweed, softgrape.
needles :: Sizes 2 (2.75 mm), US 3 (3.25 mm), and US 5 (3.75 mm).
regression mods :: unraveled ski-jacket collar and button/hole bands.
:: collar
after i re-knitted the collar i realized how much the higher collar actually affected the fit of the cardigan; the sleeves and yoke no longer bunched up around the neckline and armpits, making it much more comfortable to actually wear as a jacket.
part 1 :: i unraveled the collar and wanted 2 more stitches so that i would have a selvedge edge to pick up stitches for the button/hole bands. to get those 2 stitches, i unraveled the first and last k2tog stitches on the row before the collar. with these extra stitches, i patterned the garter rib with (WS): k3, (p2, k2) to last 5 sts, p2, k3.
part 2 :: i knitted 5 rows (incl setup) in garter rib pattern. then, i purled the next row (RS) to set up for a turned-hem. i then knitted 5 rows in stockinette for the inside lining and joined to the beginning of the collar with a 3-needle bind off.
3 needle bind off and the stockinette inner lining of the collar.
:: button/hole bands
the button and buttonhole bands were the easy part. keep in mind my row gauge was very different — i had far fewer stitches. i picked up and knitted 2 of every 3 stitches; this came out to be 116 sts for both sides. also, because my buttons are smaller than those used in the pattern, i knitted 2-sts buttonholes. and, finally, i used a total of 10 buttons evenly spaced.
i finished the "regression" mods last month, and it has already gotten a lot more wear than ever before. i'm very pleased with it.
