Probably like a lot of knitters, I have a big pile of random skeins of yarn left over from other knitting projects. I've decided to pull together my skeins of dk yarn and design a striped sweater to use up some (most? all?) of my leftovers (I have more than what's pictured above). My plan is:
1. To design a short-sleeved striped sweater.
2. I'm going to start the bottom as two pieces (front and back) to create slits on the sides, then join it and knit it in the round to the armpits.
3. The stripes are going to be varied, as I have different amounts of each color, but I'll follow the pattern of one wider stripe then two thinner ones (6 rounds for the thicker stripe, two rounds for the thinner ones).
4. I'm going to include a little pocket on the front (I think), because I've never done a pocket before.
5. I want to incorporate these cute buttons in the sweater, I plan to use one as a closure on my pocket, and one as a little detail on the collar.
6. I haven't exactly figured out the sleeves yet, but they'll just be your basic short sleeve with a rib edge.
I hope blogging about this project as I go will make me start this sweater and stop just thinking about it :) For some reason, I just can't get motivated to start. Wish me luck!
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