As I mentioned before, I've been in a bit of a knitting doldrums lately. For a while, I just didn't feel like knitting. But I rallied myself, and now I'm hard a work on two different knitting projects - which means I haven't made much progress to show on either.
That said, I do have some info and notes to share on my Swingy Knitted Tee. As you can see from the photo above, I'm a few inches away from splitting the front and back at the armpits. The cable pattern on this top is even more amazing in person and relatively easy since you only do it once on the front of this top.
The rest of the pattern has not been so easy for me - all of my own doing and because I'm making a bunch of changes:
1. I'm knitting this in round to the armpits instead of in parts. Not a big deal - I really don't know why this pattern wasn't written to be knit in the round. It's so much quicker. I'm also deleting the ribbing from the back and just knitting it in straight stockinette.
2. I'm using a light worsted weight Berroco Vintage yarn (in denim) for this project. Although it's a light worsted weight, it isn't really dk as the pattern calls for, so my gauge was off enough to cause some calculations. Sadly, even the small size cast on listed in the pattern was going to be too big with my gauge, so I did my own math based on my body measurements, then added 6 more stitches to the front side as the pattern had for each size.
3. I doing 10 sets of decreases then 1 increase to shape my top and to match my chest size.
4. I had originally planned to cast on for a wider looser bottom to create a swingy shape to my top, but it was going to require too many decreases to make the chest fit and I thought it would look weird. It was also going to require more yarn than I have.
5. I may still have a yarn storage issue and I've (almost) decided to knit this garment as a sleeveless vest instead of a top. One - I think to knit the sleeves, I would need another skein of yarn. And two - this worsted weight yarn is light, but still a little heavy for a short-sleeve top. I doubt I'd ever wear it as a tee. I think I will wear it more in colder months as a vest over another another top or blouse. But... I haven't made up my mind completely. I will make my final decision when I get to the armpits and see how much yarn I have at that point.
Stay tuned :)
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