American Wool Series

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Start to Finish: Pomme de Pin

 My Pomme de Pin cardigan is finished!!! Yesterday morning I bound off the buttonband and yesterday afternoon I sewed on buttons. This cardigan turned out better than I imagined it would - the length is perfect, the sleeves hit just where I want them, and I'm absolutely positive I'll get a ton of wear out of it. 

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I started this project January 5th and bound off February 1st. Three weeks for a sport weight sweater isn't too shabby and I used stash yarn and library pattern stash to knit this up -that meets two of my goals for 2014. I was a little worried about having a couple of inches of positive ease built into the sweater but I don't feel like it necessarily translated into the finished garment. My yarn isn't superwash so it didn't do that melty opening-up thing that superwash yarns usually do, but it's totally fine with me. I did a slightly rough block on the sweater after setting in the sleeves and before picking up the button band - a more thorough block after the first wear will open up the lace a little more and smooth out the button band.

Pattern: Pomme de Pin by Amy Christoffers
Yarn: Valley Yarns Northampton Sport in Ocean Heather
Needles: US #6 (4 mm) & US #5 (3.75 mm) Hiya Hiya Sharp Interchangeables
Mods: I knit the sleeves two at a time until the sleeve caps and then knit them one at a time. The sleeves are shorter - only 17 inches instead of 19 - and I did 20 rounds of ribbing at the cuff. I used 1394 yards and the pattern called for 1400 yards. I think if I had decided to knit the sleeves as long as the pattern indicated I would have run out of yarn instead of having about half a skein left over. Phew! 

I hope you liked my Start to Finish series! I found it pretty rewarding to think more in-depth about my decision-making process regarding sweater knitting and how that translates to a finished garment that I'm happy with. In fact, I liked it so much that I'm planning on doing another one later in the year. Thank you for following along!

7 comments:

  1. It looks amazing! The fit is perfect, it looks so good on you. Can't wait to see what you knit up next.

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    1. Thanks, Sanja! I've got another sweater in the works already - I couldn't help myself!

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  2. Looks great! I love that blue color. However did you find perfectly matching buttons?

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    1. Surprisingly, I got the buttons at Joann's - I just had to sift through every card of buttons on the rack until the right thing came along.

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  3. Loved the way it turned out. The fit is perfect and the color is amazing. I have that pattern in my queue and seeing yours makes me want to knit it now! Off to stash dive!

    Rolenestone

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  4. I am on row 11 and a close up of the lace pattern would be great. The dark color suits you it didnt photograph well. Everybody has already made this & I am just beginning. Amy now works for Berroco

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