Hey, look! A sweater!
I’m pretty happy with this knit. Pretty darn happy. This is Ingenue from Custom Knits by Wendy Bernard. I love the neck line on this sweater especially. I made a couple small changes – I made full-length sleeves of the non-belled variety versus the wider 3/4 sleeves shown in the book. Also, because I have generous hips, I kept increasing after the waist shaping for a better personal fit.
The knitting on this one took only about two weeks start to finish. I am always amazed at how fast a sweater can go at a worsted-weight gauge versus a pair of socks on teeny tiny needles. Oh, and that reminds me of another change I made to this pattern. My gauge was totally different from the one suggested in the book, as was my yarn. So I did a little math to figure out the right numbers.
The best part of this project, if I do say so myself, is the yarn. This is my first handspun sweater. I started with a giant pile of merino and silk blend from Ashland Bay – I think it’s the sandstone colorway, but I’m not sure. I bought about two pounds of it from Detta when I bought my wheel.
The singles looked like this:
And then I turned it into a three-ply and got this pile.
I ended up using only about a pound of the yarn, leaving me with just over a thousand yards left to play with. Or sell, I suppose. I still can’t believe how soft this yarn is. It’s incredibly soft, and the sweater is next-to-the-skin soft.
So there you go.
Your sweater looks wonderfull. Very nice. Cheers deborah
Wow – great yarn and a great project. I’msure you’ll treasure it forever. Nicely spun. Nicely knit. Ingenuity and Ingenue – what a great combo
The sweater and yarn are beautiful. If you are interested in selling some of your “left-overs”, I would be interested.
Great job!!! Amazing and beautiful. The fit is perfect and I be the yarn was a joy to knit.
Lisak
Whoo-hoo! It’s beautiful!!!
Very impressive!!!!
Hey, you and the little guy behind you are quite the pair
Seriously, not only is the sweater awesome, but what a gift to have it all documented on your blog, to remember forever, and to share with your girls.
Brava!!
What a cool sweater! Even as a long-time knitter, I find it tremendously neat when someone can go from fluff to sweater. And the size of your smile says it all.
I have been debating casting on for this sweater since it is spring now and I wont get to wear it for a while, but now I think I have to. Looks great on you btw.
Love your mitered squares shawl! The way you took Wendy Barnard’s pattern and adapted the gauge to your OWN soft, delicately colored SPUN and plied yarn is inspirational. In general the things that you do are awesome. Nice news about the girls’ art and the second cousins’ get together, too.