thanks very much
many thanks!
Thank you. Hoping to cast on this afternoon…
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Underarm stitches now on holders- 2 cable needles briefly helpful for extra back rows. I’m making a smaller size for 20 something daughter and as I divided I’m thinking, “is this the cool crop length for the front, seems so short?” I’m trusting the pattern and moving on… using Lopi stash and vest unless I decide the sleeves are irresistible… let the stash quantities decide. Thanks for the inspiration MDK!
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good morning!
has anyone mentioned the floating circles on the digram in pattern? I assumed the last measurement was the waist (not the floating circles) but she said hips in the video I am pretty sure…so not sure what the circles are?
the vest in the photo is very short no?
I would not want a cropped vest, so wondering where I add the length?
The “floating circles” in the yoke chart are MB, make bobble.
Hélène has them in several of her designs. I knit them in her tam, “Kerfill”. They are not difficult to made and add more textural interest.
This is my second Bang Out! I’ve never worked with Plotulopi before, and I absolutely love this pattern. Chose colors on Thursday at my LYS.
MC: Plotulopi in 9102 Grey Heather
Yoke CC: Plotulopi in 3 Light Beige Heather
Both held together with HiKoo Merino Lace Light in 1001 Frost
Branches CC: Brooklyn Tweed Quarry in Serpentine, left over in stash
Bobbles CC: Lettlopi in 5 Black Heather, left over in stash
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Swatched on Friday with Plotulopi held together with Merino Lace Light.
First swatch on US 10.5 = 14 sts x 21 rows in 4", looser than pattern gauge in terms of sts but denser in terms of rows. I’m going with it!
Calculated that with my st gauge, knitting a Size 3 should result in a 42" finished bust, so I’ll knit that size.
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Saturday: cast on, knit the hem, and realized that when calculating what size I wanted to make, I hadn’t known that there was body shaping! D’OH!!!
I have a large bust for my frame, and my primary concern is making sure that this sweater is not too tight at the bust. I decided to do only one body shaping decrease, to 144 sts, and to follow the Size 4 directions from this point on instead of the Size 3 directions as I had originally planned.
Now it’s just knit, knit, knit until the yoke!
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The circles and the measurements go together. If you look at the knitted measurements for the bust on pg 8 and then look for those numbers on the sweater diagram, the circle above those numbers represents the bust. The circle and measurements below that represent the bottom circumference of the sweater. I am going to add a couple of inches to the length so I plan to add those extra rows after the short rows for the hem and before the decreases for the waist.
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thanks for the help! first time with a diagram,!
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Oops. Apologies for misreading the floating circles question.
I’m wondering what method is the favorite for joining a new skein of yarn?
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Another member of team no-bobble here!
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How funny. By the time I typed out the question I figured out the answer. At the top of page 12 — first decrease. I do the k1, SSK then go to three sts before the “middle marker” and k2 tog, k1, sm, k1, SSK and then k to 3 sts before the round marker and k2tog, k1. Right?
I can get so confused and am amazed that everyone else seems to figure it out so easily.
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I like to spit splice when the yarn is feltable. No ends to weave in later. I’m using Lettlopi for this project so I will be split splicing.
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That sounds right to me. I’m almost to the same point in the pattern.
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I want to add some extra length to the Crowberry. I am big around the middle so I am starting at the bottom as a size 5 and then adding extra decreases so the upper part of the sweater is a size 4. My question is where do I add in the extra length? Should I add those rows between the short row section and the waist shaping, or should I add the extra length above the waist shaping? The pattern seems to suggest the latter but it seems like that will make the waist shaping too low.
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In general, you add length between the short rows and the waste shaping. If you are particularly tall or have a long torso (the length between your waste and the sleeve split) you should add the length after the waist shaping.
Hope this helps.
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