My brother got it in the mail
Done!
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Look at this shriveled up orange lol or a buddha's hand. Somehow, for the first time in my life, I have exactly the right amount of yarn. I used my last gold (was that 4? 5? Hate how i can never keep track), used 1 grey, and using the other grey.
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I carefully pivoted to grey top. Had just enough and then a bunch of failed cast ons I kept for sewing ends.
Comin together! One decrease with pattern on yoke. Classic northern style. Fair isle has that nice element of really easy to see the row you're on and make mistakes but the fact that it's one complete wrap tallest row to bottom row all around makes it so much easier to keep height of design repeat since you're not trying to pay attention to a 4 row pattern, or a 8 row pattern, etc. It's a complete collar design.
I do not remember when but I did use up the last chunk of yarn. I am on Ball/Skein #4.
I will just have to weigh it after. Since the colors are from the same line, just different dyes.
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Join was very interesting. Matching up inner corner of sleeve/body was interesting. Just was too loose. But I didn't expect k2tog, k1psso to look like this. I guess I'll go back and resew the arm joint.
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Magic loop arm!
Ball/Skein #3 started! This picture was surprisingly hard to take.
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After Ball/Skein #2
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Ball/Skein #1
Using 50% merino. Didn't realize until later it was part spandex or something. :( Yarn bee must be merino. Was on clearance and I got like 15 skeins for $1.07 to $2.00 each. SCORE. Got mostly this gold and the two grey there were.
Made this Lasse Yoke Sweater on garnstudio, but only with two colors to keep it easy.
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Tip#1 no frog fo u
I personally hate calling tearing out rows "frogging" and I also think it's a terrible technique. Cut the thread neatly. Set aside. Directly pick up and attach to the work you've just done/done over and knit with slack directly from the messed up piece as it was when it was set aside. Yarn goes directly from a worked state into another worked state and if it's part of a project, you will already be using the same tension, needle, gauge, everything. Ripping it up in between worked state is a terrible use of emotions, time, money, everything. Be nice to yourself and your things. It is normal to paint over when painting, etc.
Tip #2 separate the loop
When you are using magic loop you still have to separate a few chunks of stitches as if they were on separate DPNs. The only difference is you are working with fewer pointy objects. A bit weird not having something to push outward from my stomach since I have an infamous "one long crunch" when I sit down on the couch and knit over an evening.
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