kaari... finally.

this one has been a long time coming. i put it down for months because of wrist pain. that i think was caused by my overly-tense knitting of the sleeves. i rested them, chilled out a little with the tension and went down a needle size for the neck and pockets, and my wrists are doing ok...

this is my favorite of the sweaters i've knit so far!

modifications:

• knitted in the round because i like to do as little seaming as possible
• because the swatch did not come out to the gauge it suggested on the tag, i knitted this a size up from what i would otherwise knit, with the plan for it to come out in between a 32 and 36
• i added two inches to the body after the decreases (starting the armhole decreases after 18” of length) since i am tall and everything’s always too short
• i forget the number of stitches i cast on for the pockets, but it was more because my gauge was smaller

notes:

• knit the sleeves on dpn’s. no modifications
• one of the side pockets sags slightly more than the others, driving me crazy.
• the yarn is just ok - soft, but quickly seems to have a peach fuzz quality

alright. the next project should hopefully not be a replica of EXACTLY the same color/yarn that everyone else is knitting (as a lot of my projects seem to be). i would like to be a little more creative with what yarns i combine with what patterns. and i love this next yarn.