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As you may remember from a few posts ago, I spoke of publishing a pattern for the Ravelympics—one that I knit about 2 years ago. I didn't meet the finish line before the closing ceremonies of the Olympics, but I felt motivated yesterday to get the thing finished, and published—just in time for the spring!
I knit this sweater in July of 2008, and you can read a lot about the process in my July 2008 blog. However, I want to share a few of the highlights of this design with you here, and some of my favorite in-progress photos too.
I love when a sweater design comes out looking just like, or better than imagined. Thankfully, this Gardening Tee is one of those times. This is one of my all-time favorite designs. I love wearing it—it feels and looks great. The swatch above was what I first imagined it to look like. You don't really need to see a drawing to get the idea, since the swatch is a miniature version of the sweater.
This image reminds me of how much I love Classic Elite's Soft Linen yarn. It really is joyous to knit with. I can't say enough good things about this yarn. Clara Parkes once did a review of Soft Linen on her Knitters Review website—take a look at the review to get a great idea of why I love this yarn so much.
Here you can see the sleeve cap shaping. The body of the sweater is knit in the round to the underarms, then the piece is divided in half for the front and back. Stitches for the sleeves are cast on at each side of the back, then the back and back sleeves are worked up to the shoulders. At the same time however, there are markers placed to mark the shoulder location, then on the outsides of the markers stitches are increased to add more fabric around the shoulders, similar to sleeve caps in a typical knitted design. This is something I learned from Joëlle Meier Rioux. I think it's a really ingenious method for adding a little shaping.
And the finished photography—Carrie Bostick Hoge is the photographer of this garment, and I think she did a lovely job! There were many great photos for me to choose from, it was hard to pick just a few. The model she choose to work with is really beautiful, and models the sweater perfectly.
Overall, I'm really happy with how this design came out.
On the main Gardening Tee page, you can learn about the sizes, finished measurements, yarn requirements, etc… for the garment, and obtain the pattern if you'd like to experience the joy of making one for yourself. I'd also like to share that there is now a shopping cart available on my website, for anyone interested in more than one design.
Happy Knitting everyone!
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